Category Archives: Health
Toronto expands mobile COVID-19 vaccination effort, targeting high-risk areas
TORONTO — Canada's largest city is ramping up its efforts to vaccinate everyone eligible against COVID-19, targeting neighbourhoods with the lowest immunization rates. Mayor John Tory said more than 200 mobile clinics run by Toronto Public Health will ...
September will be crucial month for COVID-19 in Quebec: health minister
MONTREAL — Quebec's COVID-19 infection rate is relatively stable, but the situation over the coming month will determine whether health orders like the vaccine mandate and passport system need to be strengthened, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Tue...
Anxiety, optimism as many Montreal kids return to class amid COVID’s fourth wave
MONTREAL — Seven-year-old Jayda Watts-Simeon was bouncing up and down with excitement on Tuesday at the chance to be back in school. Wearing a medical mask and carrying a pink backpack covered in images of sloths, the Grade 2 student at
Wisconsin school board reverses on opting out of free meals
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school district has reversed a decision to leave a federal free meals program following widespread criticism and loud protests from parents and others.
UK vets euthanize alpaca with bovine TB after public battle
LONDON (AP) — British government veterinarians on Tuesday killed Geronimo, an alpaca whose sentence of death for carrying bovine tuberculosis made international headlines and pitted animal activists against the state.
Greece struggles to shake up safety agency after huge fires
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government replaced top public security officials following the country's multiple devastating wildfires this month, but it also suffered an embarrassing political setback Tuesday when the retired admiral app...
Alberta halves projected budget deficit to $7.8B; credits global boost in oil demand
EDMONTON — New numbers show Alberta's bottom line is on track to look better this fiscal year, but the province remains mired in a deep ditch of red ink as it battles a resurgence of COVID-19. Finance Minister Travis Toews said
The Latest: S Korea tops 1,000 cases for 57th straight day
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases, approaching a daily record set last month just a day after officials cautiously expressed hope that infections may slow.
Thai lawmakers’ no-confidence debate focuses on pandemic
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai lawmakers on Tuesday began a no-confidence debate targeting Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five of his Cabinet members, with the opposition focusing on charges the government bungled its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After more than a year of attending church virtually, Monique Allen has struggled to explain to her asthmatic daughter why people from their congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don’t wear
