Category Archives: Health
Amid the Omicron crush, Quebec to crack down on unvaccinated with new health tax
As infections fuelled by the Omicron variant threaten to overwhelm Canada's health system, the Quebec government on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of promising to tax adult residents who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Premier François L...
Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests a slim majority of Canadians support the latest round of lockdowns and other government-imposed restrictions as the Omicron variant continue to fuel an explosion in new COVID-19 infections. Fifty-six per cent of respondents...
Quebec public health director resigns, cities erosion of public opinion over measures
MONTREAL — Quebec's director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, has tendered his resignation. Premier François Legault accepted, with Arruda's departure confirmed to The Canadian Press by the premier's office this evening. In a letter dated today, A...
Quebec public health director resigns, cities erosion of public opinion over measures
MONTREAL — Quebec's director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, tendered his resignation on Monday, citing an erosion in public trust as the province grapples with record hospitalizations during a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Françoi...
B.C. hospitals among those dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks
VICTORIA — There has been a surge of COVID-19 infections in health-care and long-term care facilities in British Columbia with seven more outbreaks reported in the last few days. A statement from the Health Ministry says 43 facilities were listed
Alberta COVID cases top 57,000: Top doctor says true number likely 10 times higher
EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the more than 57,000 active cases of COVID-19 in the province are a tiny fraction of the true spread of the virus. "I couldn’t give a specific number, but it’s very clear
Health officials in New Brunswick report two more COVID-19 deaths
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick say two people died as a result of COVID-19 over the weekend and there have now been 172 deaths in the province from the virus. They say one person died in the Saint John
Lack of testing capacity prompts Yukon to hand out take-home COVID-19 tests
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is handing out its first shipment of COVID-19 rapid tests from the federal government to people with symptoms who don't meet the new requirements for PCR tests. Yukon says in a statement the rapid spread of the Omicron
Veteran ER doctor in N.S. says Omicron has ‘overloaded’ already fragile system
HALIFAX — A senior emergency doctor in Nova Scotia says the pressures in ERs across the province are unprecedented in his career, as the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus overloads the capacity of an already fragile health system. "Since just
U.S. advises against travel to Canada as COVID hospitalizations hit critical levels
Children in Alberta and British Columbia returned to the classroom Monday as surging COVID-19 cases threatened to overwhelm hospitals in several provinces and prompted the United States to advise its citizens to "avoid travel" to Canada. Quebec reporte...
