Category Archives: Health
Foreign Affairs Minister Joly tests positive for COVID-19 and is isolating
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a rapid test. Joly disclosed the result Monday on Twitter, saying she was in isolation awaiting the result of a PCR test. Joly did not say where or
Oregon, among last holdout states, to join opioid agreement
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon, one of the last holdout states in joining a $26 billion settlement with the three largest distributors of opioids and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, is on the verge of signing on, the state's attorney general
Think you have COVID-19 during the Omicron wave? Here’s what to do
OTTAWA — Nearly two years into the pandemic, most people know what to do when they feel ill to stop the spread of COVID-19. The highly transmissible new variant has thrown some of the old rules for a loop, however. Omicron
More than 18,000 boosters booked as Saskatchewan faces possible Omicron surge
REGINA — Provincial data says tens of thousands of people have made appointments for COVID-19 booster shots in Saskatchewan in the face of a possible surge of infections caused by the Omicron variant. Some 59 new COVID-19 cases are being reported
COVID-19 infections surge in Manitoba; province stops identifying most close contacts
WINNIPEG — Manitoba continued to face surging COVID-19 infections on Monday at the same time it ended its role in notifying most close contacts. People with confirmed COVID-19 cases will be asked to tell their contacts themselves, the province's websit...
B.C. cap on restaurant food delivery fees to stay at 15% through next year
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it's extending the cap on fees charged by food delivery companies to help the restaurant industry through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ravi Kahlon, the minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, says t...
Trump reveals he got COVID-19 booster shot; crowd boos him
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump revealed he received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, drawing boos from a crowd in Dallas. Trump made
Austria hits two-month low in virus cases as country reopens
VIENNA (AP) — Austria reported fewer than 2,000 new coronavirus cases, the lowest number since October, as the last few regions in the country reopened restaurants and hotels on Monday.
Crow, Warren, Booker test positive for breakthrough COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators and a third lawmaker say they have tested positive for COVID-19 after having been vaccinated, as the nation deals with another surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant.
New COVID rules in effect for some provinces, Quebec calls situation ‘critical’
Tougher public health restrictions came into effect Monday in many parts of Canada as some regions continued to deal with rising COVID-19 case counts by the Omicron variant. In Quebec, the province announced 4,571 COVID-19 infections — a new single day...
