Category Archives: Health
Manitoba budget cuts tax on property, enacts tax on digital services
WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon pay less in property tax but fork out more to stream movies or buy certain goods online. The Progressive Conservative government’s 2021-22 budget released Wednesday includes some long-promised tax relief, some new tax re...
Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today
Students at schools in Toronto are taking classes fully online today following an order from the city's top doctor. The public health unit says the measure is necessary as new COVID-19 variants pose a greater risk of hospitalization and death. Classes...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 6, 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...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 6, 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...
Deal reached in Vancouver to help the homeless; and work to close park encampment
VANCOUVER — A formal agreement has been signed by British Columbia, the city and parks board to work together to end a 10-month encampment in Vancouver that has frustrated residents who lost access to a park in their neighbourhood. Housing Minister
Vaccinations in Ontario’s COVID-19 hot spots to start for those 50+ in coming weeks
TORONTO — The second phase of Ontario's vaccine rollout will target people in COVID-19 hot spots aged 50 and older, the province announced Tuesday as Premier Doug Ford said new restrictions would be coming soon to fight the third wave
Alberta clamps down as COVID-19 variants threaten to swamp health system
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says widespread rule-breaking has forced his government to bring back tougher public-health restrictions and that failing to do so would cause variant COVID-19 cases to swamp the health-care system by next month....
Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with COVID-19 rapid test
Spartan Bioscience Inc. has filed for creditor protection after pausing shipments of its rapid COVID-19 test due to an issue with the product.The Ottawa-based company said some customers were getting a high level of inconclusive results. That's not a s...
COVID-19: Edmundston, N.B., hospital begins transferring patients to Fredericton
FREDERICTON — The steady rise in the number of COVID-19 patients in the greater Edmundston area, in northwestern New Brunswick, is forcing health officials to divert patients to other hospitals. Dr. France Desrosiers, president of the Vitalite Health N...
Younger, healthier people need intensive care quickly with variants of COVID-19: Tam
OTTAWA — Provincial governments are grappling with how to bring the third wave of COVID-19 under control, as the more virulent variants of the virus begin to dominate and younger, healthier people are getting very sick, very quickly. From Ontario and