Category Archives: Health
SC Senate medical marijuana bill to go into another week
COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) — The South Carolina Senate debate on medical marijuana is going into another week. The chamber debated Sen. Tom Davis' bill Wednesday and Thursday
Ontario reports 3,439 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, 597 ICU cases
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 3,439 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the province today, including 597 in intensive care. That's a decrease of 96 hospitalizations from Friday, and two fewer ICU cases. There were 387 patients on ventilators due ...
Thousands gather on Parliament hill for massive protest against vaccine mandates
OTTAWA — Trucks jamming Ottawa streets shut down the core of the national capital on Saturday as a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd packed Parliament Hill to demand the federal Liberal government end vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, promising to s...
Judge sides with Treasury in tribes’ coronavirus relief case
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with the Treasury Department in a case that challenged the distribution of coronavirus relief aid to Native American governments.
New Brunswick reports four deaths from COVID-19 as restrictions about to be eased
FREDERICTON — Four more people have died as a result of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, increasing the toll to 228 since the start of the pandemic. The latest deaths involve a person in their 70s in the Moncton region, and three
B.C. could lift more COVID-19 restrictions by Feb. 21: top doctor
VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor says some COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings are expected to be gradually lifted by Feb. 21. Dr. Bonnie Henry said that's possible in part because 90 per cent of residents aged 12 and over have
Iqaluit lifts precautionary boil-water advisory, bypass system still being used
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's Health Department has lifted a precautionary boil-water advisory for the city of Iqaluit. The capital's 8,000 people had been under the advisory since Jan. 19 when the city started using a bypass system to pump water
Exemption put in place to help flood-affected B.C. residents ends on Monday night
Border and travel exemptions put in place after storms flooded parts of British Columbia will end next week. The measures allowed B.C. residents affected by flooding to cross into the United States for essential supplies and immediately return to Canad...
Nova Scotia issues directive banning potential COVID-19 highway protests
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia issued a directive Friday aimed at prohibiting those protesting against COVID-19 measures from blocking the Trans-Canada Highway near the New Brunswick boundary. In a news release, the province said the directive under the Emergen...
Recoveries outpaced new COVID-19 cases on Prince Edward Island Friday
CHARLOTTETOWN — Recoveries outpaced new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island today by a margin of almost two to one. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison reported 215 new cases of the virus and 417 new recoveries. There are
