Category Archives: Health
Ontario pledges billions in pandemic recovery spending, faces years of deep deficits
TORONTO — Ontario has laid out a $186-billion spending plan the government says will fight COVID-19, help small businesses and support families. But the promises contained in the budget the Progressive Conservatives unveiled Wednesday come at a steep c...
N.B. health officials worried about variant-fuelled COVID-19 outbreak in Edmundston
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick reported a dozen new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday as the chief medical officer of health raised concerns about an outbreak in the Edmundston region involving a more contagious variant. Ten of the latest cases are in the
Nova Scotia reports five new cases of COVID-19, has 24 active known infections
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 today. Health officials say the cases are in the Halifax area: three involve close contacts of previously reported infections and two are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. The provi...
Military deployed to help COVID-19 vaccination effort on Manitoba First Nations
WINNIPEG — Members of the military are landing in Manitoba this week to help with COVID-19 vaccinations in 23 northern First Nations, while the province says it's ready to deliver 20,000 doses a day when there's enough supply. Federal Indigenous Servic...
New EU export restrictions unlikely to hit Canada’s COVID-19 supplies, feds say
TORONTO — Concerns about possible disruptions to Canada's COVID-19 vaccine supply emerged Wednesday as the prime minister played down any immediate threat to shipments expected in the coming weeks. To protect its own supplies, the European Union, a maj...
Hardest hit businesses call for extension of federal wage, rent subsidies
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are facing calls from some of the hardest-hit businesses in the pandemic to use the coming budget to extend emergency relief programs beyond June, saying many will still need help even as the economy picks
Premier says 80 per cent of Regina’s active COVID-19 cases are people under 50
REGINA — Saskatchewan's premier says people under the age of 50 make up the majority of active COVID-19 cases in the Regina area which is battling a spread of more infectious virus strains. Scott Moe told a radio talk show that
Quebec teachers unions call for vaccines as students to return to class full time
MONTREAL — Quebec teachers unions said Wednesday their members should be vaccinated against COVID-19 as high school students in red zones prepare to return to class full time next week. The Federation autonome de l’enseignement, the Centrale des syndic...
Few Quebec ‘guardian angels’ who worked in health care during COVID granted residency
MONTREAL — Advocates for asylum seekers who worked in health care during the pandemic's first wave are calling on Quebec to speed up the processing of immigration applications from workers dubbed "guardian angels" by the premier. In December, the feder...
More than 1,400 tourism workers to provide non-clinical help with B.C. vaccinations
VICTORIA — More than 1,400 tourism and hospitality workers who have been laid off or are struggling with reduced hours are set to provide non-clinical help with the COVID-19 immunization rollout in British Columbia. Premier John Horgan said the provinc...