Category Archives: Health
Public health mandates could return, Tam warns, but favours lighter touch in future
OTTAWA — Canadian governments should be ready to resume public health measures if another serious variant of COVID-19 emerges, even as they scale back mandates for masks and vaccines, the country's chief public health officer said Friday. Several provi...
Hospitalizations decline, but New Brunswick reports another COVID-19 death
FREDERICTON — Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 continue to decline in New Brunswick as health officials announced another person has died from the disease. The latest death involves a person in their 80s in the Edmundston region in the northwest of...
Ottawa anti-government convoy organizer Pat King denied bail
OTTAWA — A prominent organizer of the three-week convoy protest outside Parliament Hill that snarled traffic, shuttered businesses and plagued residents with near-constant honking has been denied bail. Pat King was arrested last Friday and faces charg...
Documents show Trudeau warned of issued linked to ‘build back better’ pledge
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was given warnings about the complexity of plans to "build back better" from the pandemic that could lead to economic uncertainty. The idea of strengthening economic shortfalls uneart...
J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state a...
More protesters expected at thinning New Zealand blockade
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The number of cars and trucks blocking the streets outside New Zealand's Parliament was thinning Friday, although more protesters were expected to arrive for the weekend, including some by boat.
CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised ...
EPA to eye Hawaii fuel tank operations after water tainted
HONOLULU (AP) — The top official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday an upcoming inspection of a Navy fuel tank facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor's tap water will look at whether the tank farm was properly
Most COVID-19 fines unpaid in B.C., but ‘they will be paid,’ says minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister says a significant number of people who received tickets for allegedly violating COVID-19 measures are disputing them but those who want to drive their vehicle may have to pay up. Mike Farnworth says...
Texas clinics battle strict abortion law as legal hopes dim
DALLAS (AP) — The nation’s strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law.
