Category Archives: Health
B.C. school boards told to determine their own vaccine policy for staff
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Education Ministry has released new guidelines to help school boards with COVID-19 vaccination policies, leaving any final decisions up to the respective boards. The ministry says the guidelines, which include gathering da...
Alberta government says jobs, economy, COVID to be focus of fall legislature sitting
EDMONTON — The Alberta government plans a busy fall legislature sitting aimed at adding jobs and diversifying the economy while focusing on tamping down the renewed surge of COVID-19. Government house leader Jason Nixon says this will include proposed ...
Sen. Forest-Niesing hospitalized despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19
OTTAWA — Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing is in hospital after contracting COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated. Her office says the 56-year-old Sudbury senator is no longer in intensive care and is hopefully on the mend. It says she was fully vaccinated ...
‘Absolutely shocking’: Saskatchewan considers next stage of triage amid COVID crisis
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Health Authority said Friday it may activate the next stage of its triage plan, as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to overwhelm the health-care system. Derek Miller, the authority's chief of emergency operations, said a com...
Canada approves Nunavut’s request for military help with Iqaluit’s water emergency
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The federal government is sending the Canadian Armed Forces to help with the water emergency in Nunavut's capital, and the work may include setting up a mobile water treatment plant. In a tweet Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Maj.-Gen. Fortin appeals judge’s ruling on reinstatement to COVID-19 vaccine campaign
OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is challenging a Federal Court judge’s ruling that struck down his request for reinstatement as head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign. The senior military officer’s legal team filed a notice of appeal on...
New Brunswick pastor apologizes after week in jail over COVID-19 rule breaches
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A New Brunswick pastor is free after spending a week in jail and apologizing to the courts Friday for breaches of COVID-19 public health rules. Philip James Hutchings, the pastor of His Tabernacle Family Church in Saint
MPP resigns from Tory caucus, disputing that she misrepresented vaccination status
TORONTO — An Ontario member of provincial parliament who was accused of misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status has resigned from the Progressive Conservative caucus, citing a breakdown in trust. The Tories announced earlier this month that Lin...
Romania revives restrictions as hospitals struggle, jabs lag
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Doctor Petruta Filip is working 100-hour weeks at a Bucharest hospital which, like hospitals throughout Romania, is struggling under an onslaught of COVID-19 patients in a country with worryingly low vaccination rates.
Privacy czar probing complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement
OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog is investigating "a number of complaints" about the government's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for public servants. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said in a statement Friday his office was looking into th...
