Category Archives: Health
In Canada, U.S., vaccine ‘passports’ could be new point of cross-border contention
WASHINGTON — As if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't produced enough ways to complicate life at the border between Canada and the United States, here comes another: whether or not to require proof of vaccination. Debate is heating up in the freedom-focused
Singh rejects more extreme NDP policy resolutions, like scrapping military
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is standing by several controversial proposals from rank-and-file party members while rejecting more extreme ones — including a call to abolish the military — ahead of this weekend's policy convention. Singh's tightrop...
Singh rejects more extreme NDP policy resolutions, like scrapping military
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is standing by several controversial proposals from rank-and-file party members while rejecting more extreme ones — including a call to abolish the military — ahead of this weekend's policy convention. Singh's tightrop...
Singh rejects more extreme NDP policy resolutions, like scrapping military
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is standing by several controversial proposals from rank-and-file party members while rejecting more extreme ones — including a call to abolish the military — ahead of this weekend's policy convention.Singh's tightrope...
Charged with ignoring COVID-19 health rules: Alberta church shut down, fenced off
EDMONTON — About 30 people sang hymns and a woman walked back and forth with a Bible in her hand as Alberta health officers on Wednesday closed down and fenced off a church charged with refusing to follow COVID-19 health
16-year-old dies in Montreal hospital from COVID-19, youngest known victim in Quebec
MONTREAL — A 16-year-old patient has died from complications arising from COVID-19, a Montreal pediatric hospital confirmed Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the Ste-Justine children's hospital said privacy laws prevented officials from releasing other deta...
Vaccine panel confirms choice to delay doses up to four months in Canada
OTTAWA — The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is standing by its emergency recommendation to extend timing of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines up to four months after the first, but says most Canadians will probably only wait half that
Ontario imposes four-week stay-at-home order as COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals
TORONTO — Ontario imposed a four-week stay-at-home order Wednesday and promised to start vaccinating young people in COVID-19 hot spots amid mounting criticism that the province is not doing enough to stop the spread of the virus. Premier Doug Ford sai...
Ahead of budget, agency funds skills-training program to buffer against future shocks
OTTAWA — When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sleep as anxiety crept in about how
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 206,306 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,760,795 doses given. Nationwide, 730,968 people or 1.9 per