Category Archives: Health
Canadian business leaders demand plan to reopen borders, economy now
OTTAWA — Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process as they struggle to prepare for a summer season hanging in flux. At
Canada’s vaccine donations to COVAX to come only from its COVAX supply: Gould
OTTAWA — Canada's promise to donate almost 13 million vaccine doses to the global vaccine sharing alliance known as COVAX includes none of the 251 million doses of vaccine Canada bought directly from drug companies. International Development Minister K...
Iqaluit school’s contacts and classmates cleared after two COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's chief public health officer says there are no additional cases of COVID-19 at Iqaluit's Aqsarniit middle school after two students tested positive. With an outbreak ongoing in Iqaluit, the Aqsarniit middle school has split...
Reality Winner, NSA contractor in leak case, out of prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former government contractor who was given the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media has been released from prison to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press
Delicate task for Fed: When to pull back on low-rate support
WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation rising in a fast-rebounding economy, the Federal Reserve is poised this week to discuss when it will take its first steps toward dialing back its ultra-low interest rate policies.
VP Harris in South Carolina to push COVID vaccination drive
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris visited South Carolina on Monday to kick off a nationwide push to vaccinate millions more Americans against the coronavirus as July 4 holiday celebrations loom.
New Brunswick remains short on vaccine target; Nova Scotia reports new virus death
HALIFAX — New Brunswick remained just short of a vaccination target needed to trigger a partial reopening, as COVID-19 case numbers continued to be reported at lower levels across Atlantic Canada on Monday. Health officials in New Brunswick said 74.8 p...
Duterte again delays abrogation of key security pact with US
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday again suspended his decision to terminate a key defense pact with the United States, which he has asked to provide more aid and coronavirus vaccines in exchange for retaining the...
B.C. to ease pandemic restrictions, provincial travel, indoor activities allowed
VICTORIA — Health restrictions will be eased on indoor gatherings, group activities and travel within British Columbia on Tuesday as COVID-19 immunization rates rise and case counts decline, Premier John Horgan says. The province will take the next ste...
Gains for some tech giants nudge S&P to another record high
BEIJING — Technology companies helped lift stocks higher on Wall Street, nudging the S&P 500 to its third straight all-time high, even as other parts of the market faltered.
