Category Archives: Health
Trudeau appoints Bennett as mental health and addictions minister in new cabinet
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's freshly appointed cabinet includes a new ministerial post to tackle his election promises on mental health and addictions. Carolyn Bennett, who served recently as minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, has been...
Ontario reports 269 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 269 new cases of COVID-19 today, and five more deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 176 of those cases are in people who aren't fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. It's the lowest number of
Ontario aims to double number of long-term care inspectors, allow immediate charges
TORONTO — Ontario plans to double the province's long-term care home inspectors and allow them to lay charges on the spot, saying the changes would allow for stronger enforcement in a sector devastated by the pandemic. The move reverses the Progressive...
‘Solemn day’ for B.C. as thousands of health-care workers defy vaccination deadline
VICTORIA — British Columbia's health minister called Tuesday a "solemn day" as 4,090 health care workers missed the deadline for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and were placed on unpaid leave before they could potentially lose their job. Adrian Dix sai...
Poll: Canadians still reluctant to hand out Halloween candy due to pandemic
OTTAWA — Many parents are planning to let their children go trick-or-treating this year — but a new poll suggests they may find fewer doors open than in pre-pandemic Halloweens. Some 93 per cent of respondents whose kids trick-or-treated last year
Vaccine mandate for B.C. health-care workers to take effect Tuesday
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says he's hopeful that a small number of B.C. health-care workers who are still resistant to getting vaccinated against COVID-19 will get the information they need to make the choice for vaccination. The deadline for all
Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks 3 new anti-abortion laws
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Supreme Court on Monday blocked three anti-abortion laws that were scheduled to take effect Nov. 1 that abortion rights supporters say would have devastated abortion access in the state.
Jill Biden: Cancer ‘touches every American family’
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden on Monday toured a cancer center in the state that played a pivotal role in her husband's victory in the 2020 Democratic nominating process, telling South Carolinians that cancer “touches every American
Cape Breton urgent treatment centre to help improve access to health care: premier
SYDNEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston today announced the province's first urgent treatment centre, to open Nov. 1 in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Houston, who was in North Sydney, N.S., says the centre will handle unexpected, non-li...
Biden sued over reversal of Trump-era abortion referral ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer filed suit against the Biden administration on Monday seeking to restore a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that President Joe Biden reversed earlier this month.
