Category Archives: Health
Some urge vaccine certificates to require three doses as Ontario set for reopening
TORONTO — Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and many other businesses in Ontario are set to open their doors once again on Monday to fully vaccinated patrons, but with COVID-19 levels likely just past a peak, some question if "fully vaccinated" should
National standards would help track young Canadians’ mental health, experts say
OTTAWA — Concern about the mental health challenges of young Canadians has been growing during the nearly two years of disruptions and repeated isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. But experts say we do not have the tools to properly assess the
After reflecting on two election defeats, B.C. Liberals get ready to elect new leader
VICTORIA — A new leader will be chosen by British Columbia's Liberals on Saturday after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elections after 16 years in power. The
Protesters show no sign of rolling off as Ottawa residents brace for more disruption
OTTAWA — Many of the horn-honking demonstrators who brought Ottawa to a near standstill showed no signs of budging Sunday as parliamentarians, businesses and school administrators were left wondering when the usual rhythm of the frazzled national capit...
A look at the candidates running to lead the B.C. Liberal party
VICTORIA — Seven candidates are in the running to become the next leader of British Columbia's Liberals following Andrew Wilkinson's resignation shortly after the October 2020 election. Here are brief thumbnail profiles of the candidates: Gavin Dew: De...
Boris Johnson’s mounting trouble is treasure for satirists
LONDON (AP) — A politician’s troubles are a humorist’s treasures. The scandal-prone British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given cartoonists and meme-makers unimaginable riches for years, and
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney isolating after positive COVID-19 test
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and “will be isolating and working remotely for the recommended period of time," according to a news release from his office.
Comments from the front lines of the Parliament Hill protest against vaccine mandates
OTTAWA — Thousands of truckers and their supporters and critics gathered in Ottawa on Saturday for a protest against vaccine mandates, COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government. While many expressed concern with public health restrictions such ...
COVID-19 hospitalizations on the decline in Ontario, Quebec as protest jams Ottawa
COVID-19 hospitalizations are ticking down in Canada's two most populous provinces, as thousands swarmed Ottawa Saturday in trucks and on foot to protest public health restrictions and the Liberal federal government. The number of people hospitalized w...
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec decline for sixth day to 2,975 patients
MONTREAL — Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 in Quebec are down for the sixth day in a row. The province says there are 2,975 patients in hospital with the illness, a decrease of 116 from the day before. The Health Department says intensive
