Category Archives: Health
Quebec bill to end state of emergency criticized by opposition parties
QUEBEC — The Quebec government's bill aimed at ending the state of health emergency in the province appears to do no such thing, the province's opposition parties said Thursday. On Wednesday, Health Minister Christian Dubé tabled Bill 28, which is aime...
Vaccinated travellers won’t need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1
OTTAWA — Vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos officially announced Thursday. The change comes at the very beginning of the tourist season and the tail end
Prince Edward Island eases some COVID-19 restrictions but masking, isolation remain
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials on Prince Edward Island have eased some of the province's COVID-19 restrictions today. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says the changes don't mean the pandemic is over. She says measures such as mask...
Indigenous mother proposes class-action lawsuit on birth alerts in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — An Indigenous woman whose newborn was taken by police and social workers shown in a video broadcast live on social media has proposed a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government. The woman says in a statement of claim filed
WHO may reject Canadian-made Medicago COVID-19 vaccine because of ties to big tobacco
OTTAWA — Canada may not be able to donate millions of doses of the only COVID-19 vaccine made in the country because the World Health Organization is leaning against granting it an emergency-use licence. Medicago's two-dose Covifenz vaccine was authori...
Biden COVID coordinators leaving in April, Jha to take over
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month, the White House announced Thursday. They will be replaced by Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown Unive...
‘Death trap’: Front-line workers warn of drug overdoses rising on and off the streets
A father's hope turned to pain in less than 24 hours after his son entered a residential drug treatment facility and fatally overdosed. "Our son died in a place that was supposed to be safe," Ray Corbiere told The Canadian Press.
Eight more COVID-19 deaths reported, one more health facility outbreak in B.C.
VICTORIA — British Columbia is reporting another eight deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 2,953. Hospitalization numbers continue to drop in the province, with 329 people in hospital Wednesday compared with 345 a day earlier while 51 p...
Alberta to provide COVID-19 updates once a week as hospitalizations go down
EDMONTON — Alberta says it's time to start moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic because the province's decision to ease measures does not appear to have caused an uptick in hospitalizations. Health Minister Jason Copping says as part of the change
Appeals court reverses ruling halting Alaska refuge road
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday reversed a decision that rejected a land swap aimed at allowing a road be built through an Alaska national wildlife refuge that is an internationally recognized habitat for migrating
