Category Archives: Health
B.C. premier says changes to U.S. cruise ship rules remain temporary
VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier says legislation proposed in the United States that would scrap a long-standing requirement for American cruise ships to dock at a foreign port between domestic stops doesn't change the fact people want to visit B....
Business Highlights: Iraq oil minister, UK economy
___ AP Interview: Iraq oil minister says gas sector a priority
Vaccinated lawmakers get to take off their masks in House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fully vaccinated members of Congress and staffers will no longer have to wear masks on the House floor and in committee rooms, the Office of the Attending Physician said Friday, delighting some GOP lawmakers who have been
People’s Party leader Maxime Bernier charged after anti-rules rallies in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — The leader of the People's Party of Canada was arrested Friday in Manitoba after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions. RCMP said Maxime Bernier was charged with exceeding public gathering limits and violating Manitoba's requiremen...
‘You can’t ever go to treatment if you’re dead:’ Regina opens harm reduction site
REGINA — Canada’s first legal supervised consumption site opened in Vancouver in 2003, but it would take 18 years and more than 1,000 drug-related deaths in Saskatchewan before similar support would become available in the province's capital. “This is...
Most who tested positive for variant at Calgary hospital had mild symptoms: AHS
CALGARY — Most people who tested positive at a Calgary hospital for the more contagious COVID-19 variant first reported in India had mild symptoms, except one person who was admitted into intensive care. Several people connected to the Delta variant ou...
Bilbao to be compensated after losing Euro 2020 games
MADRID (AP) — Bilbao will be compensated by UEFA for having lost its right to host games at this year's European Championship, the Spanish city’s municipal government said Friday.
Stocks notch modest gains and a 3rd winning week for S&P 500
BANGKOK — Stocks shook off a wobbly day of trading and ended modestly higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its third weekly gain in a row. The index added 0.2% Friday, led by technology and banks. Bond yields
Manitoba expands COVID-19 vaccination effort as pace of first doses begins to slow
WINNIPEG — The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba shows more signs of abating. Dr. Jazz Atwal, the province's deputy chief public health officer, says people are generally following public health orders and daily case counts continue to dr...
California selects another 15 winners in vaccine lottery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California selected another 15 people on Friday to win $50,000 each just for getting the coronavirus vaccine amid hopes from state officials that the chance of winning big money will convince skeptics to get inoculated ahead
