Category Archives: Health
COVID-19 cases surge in Yukon, double vaccinated cases rising, says health officer
WHITEHORSE — Yukon may have led Canada's vaccination rates earlier this year, but the swift return of COVID-19 in the territory was inevitable and has prompted a return to tighter restrictions, Premier Sandy Silver says. Whitehorse is experiencing wid...
Saskatchewan to create buffer zones around hospitals against protesters
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is proposing a law that would create buffer zones around hospitals against protesters, but the Opposition would like to see that protection extended to women trying to get an abortion in other settings. The bill, wr...
Ontario pauses plan to lift capacity limits in some settings that require vax proof
TORONTO — Ontario will keep capacity limits in place for at least a month longer than planned in some settings where proof of vaccination is required, following a rise in COVID-19 cases. Night clubs, strip clubs, sex clubs and bathhouses
Manitoba’s top doctor says new restrictions coming as COVID-19 numbers rise
WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon face stricter public health orders to curb rising COVID-19 case numbers, the province's chief public health officer said Wednesday. "We do have a number of restrictions in place. We see numbers rising despite that, so mo...
Health officials raise concerns as COVID-19 case numbers remain high in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — A COVID-19 outbreak in the Moncton, N.B., area is leading the province's chief medical officer of health to suspect people in the region aren't following the government's health orders. Dr. Jennifer Russell told reporters Wednesday the nu...
States challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to try to block a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers, marking a new front in the resistance by Republican-led states to the
Challenge to N.B. government back-to-work order for health workers in court Monday
FREDERICTON — A union-led court challenge to the New Brunswick government's back-to-work order for striking health-care employees will be heard on Monday in Fredericton. The government issued the emergency order last week, threatening fines up to $20,4...
Data breaches in N.L. cyberattack spread, three of four health regions affected
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Wednesday that more data breaches have been found in the fallout of a cyberattack that has damaged crucial parts of it health-care system. Health Minister John Haggie told reporters t...
Quebec Superior Court rejects request to suspend COVID-19 passport system
MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request to suspend the province's COVID-19 vaccine passport system, ruling that there was little evidence suggesting the damage caused by the health order went beyond disappointment or inco...
Trudeau to join Biden, López Obrador in D.C. at first North America summit since 2016
WASHINGTON — Canada, the United States and Mexico are getting the band back together. U.S. President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House next week, the first gathering ...
