Category Archives: Health
Alberta confirms students back to school Monday with more COVID-19 tests and masks
EDMONTON — Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says students will go back to classes Monday as planned with more medical masks and COVID-19 rapid test kits. LaGrange says it's important to balance the rise of the Omicron variant with health pro...
B.C. reports nearly 30,000 active cases of COVID-19 as Omicron variant spreads
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Health Ministry says the number of hospitalizations from COVID-19 has risen to 317 as the province deals with the Omicron variant. The government says there are 3,798 new COVID-19 cases and a total of 29,967 active cases. ...
B.C. reports nearly 30,000 active cases of COVID-19 as Omicron variant spreads
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Health Ministry says the number of hospitalizations from COVID-19 has risen to 317 as the province deals with the Omicron variant. The government said Wednesday there were 3,798 new COVID-19 cases and a total of 29,967 act...
Nova Scotia delays school reopening to Jan. 17, eases isolation rules
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is keeping schools closed an additional week and reducing isolation requirements for fully vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19. Schools will stay shut until Jan. 17, though online learning will start next Monday, Prem...
Yukon shortening COVID isolation, schools remain open for in-person learning
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's acting top doctor is advising the territory's residents that if they have symptoms of COVID-19, they should assume they have the virus without getting tested. Dr. Catherine Elliott said Wednesday just under 5,000 rapid tests are c...
More than half of Canada’s promised vaccine donations still to come
OTTAWA — Canada has delivered about one-quarter of the direct vaccine doses it has promised to help less wealthy countries and can't say when more doses will go out the door. In 2021, Canada promised to donate 50 million COVID-19 vaccine
Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP
OTTAWA — Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant. The federal NDP critic for economic development has written to the heads of Canada's biggest s...
Pandemic sidelines police, fire and teachers in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dramatic surge in coronavirus cases has sidelined more than 800 Los Angeles city police and fire personnel and led to slightly longer ambulance and fire response times, adding to concerning absences statewide of public safety
Health officials in New Brunswick report 779 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick reported 779 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday and three more COVID-19-related deaths. The deaths involved a person in their 50s in the Saint John region and two people in the Fredericton region — one
Labrador community ‘in crisis,’ more help needed as COVID-19 spreads: organizer
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A respected local organizer in Labrador's northernmost town says her community has been thrown into crisis by an outbreak of COVID-19. The health clinic in Nain, N.L., was understaffed before the pandemic started, with three nurses o...
