Category Archives: Health
New Brunswick reports three more COVID-19 deaths, drop in hospitalizations
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials are reporting three more COVID-19 deaths today and a drop in hospitalizations. The latest deaths involve a person in their 70s in the Moncton region, a person in their 80s in the Saint John area,
Protesters pack up, head out to end weeklong blockade at Manitoba-U.S. border
EMERSON, Man. — Protesters blocking a busy United States border crossing in southern Manitoba packed up and left Wednesday. RCMP say they had worked out a deal with demonstrators to end the blockade at the Emerson border crossing and it was
Nova Scotia post-secondary students get $875 grants to help pay bills during pandemic
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's government on Wednesday said it would offer one-time grants of $875 to thousands of post-secondary students to help them pay their bills during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government said about 11,000 students qualify for the $9....
Prince Edward Island premier isolating after his child tests positive for COVID-19
CHARLOTTETOWN — The premier of Prince Edward Island is isolating after a member of his family tested positive for COVID-19. Dennis King posted on Twitter Wednesday that one of his children tested positive Monday evening. King said he has been workin...
Germany eyes end to most COVID restrictions on March 20
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's leaders on Wednesday announced plans to end most of the country's coronavirus restrictions by March 20, a decision that coincided with moves by neighboring Austria and Switzerland to drop many of their curbs sooner.
Nova Scotia’s union for paramedics says higher pay needed to help retain workers
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia paramedics say it's not just long-term care workers who need pay hikes if the province wants to shore up its health network. In an appearance before a legislature committee Wednesday, an official with the union representing more
New Brunswick Nurses Union issues call for action to address working conditions
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government's lack of effort to recruit and retain nurses has resulted in a labour and health-care crisis, the province's nurses union said Wednesday after releasing the results of a survey of its members. Conducted last ...
Turkey’s foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister announced Wednesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. Mevlut Cavusoglu, 54, said on Twitter that his symptoms were mild
Dutch probe criticizes government’s pandemic response
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands was inadequately prepared for the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic two years ago and the government paid insufficient attention to the threat to people in care homes, according to an independent inquir...
Emergencies Act still needed as border blockades fall, Ottawa preps to act: ministers
OTTAWA — Liberal cabinet ministers defended the sweeping temporary powers now afforded to police under the Emergencies Act on Wednesday, even as major border blockades they decried for disrupting the economy have already been cleared. Prime Minister Ju...
