Category Archives: Science
Winnipeg mayor calls for special council meeting to discuss trucker protest
WINNIPEG — Mayor Brian Bowman appeared frustrated Tuesday with a trucker protest against COVID-19 restrictions in its fifth day outside the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg. Bowman said while he and other politicians cannot direct police actions, he wa...
Twelve more admitted to hospital in Nova Scotia for COVID-19, 14 in intensive care
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting 12 new hospital admissions due to COVID-19. As of Monday, there were 91 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and were receiving specialized care in a designated unit. The average age of those
Health officials report six more COVID-19 deaths in New Brunswick Tuesday
FREDERICTON — Six more people have died as a result of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, increasing the toll to 269 since the start of the pandemic. The latest deaths involve two people in their 70s from the Fredericton region, two people
Tow-truck companies refuse to haul away large trucks gridlocking Ottawa
OTTAWA — All tow-truck companies on contract with the city have refused to haul away the big rigs that have gridlocked Ottawa's downtown for the second week in a row, the city's manager says. Steve Kanellakos said the consensus among many
Canadian Red Cross sends six nurses to Nunavut for worst outbreak of COVID-19
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Canadian Red Cross has sent six nurses to Nunavut as the territory continues to experience its worst outbreak of COVID-19 to date. Nunavut Health Minister John Main says the nurses will be sent to communities with the
The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond
OTTAWA — The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, both in Ottawa and various cities across Canada. All times eastern: 8 p.m. Starting at midnight tonight, Alberta says it ...
Federal ministers blast Ottawa protesters seeking to join opposition ‘coalition’
OTTAWA — People might be frustrated with COVID-19 but they don't share the extreme views of the anti-vaccine mandate protesters who have choked the national capital for over a week with large trucks, federal cabinet ministers said Tuesday. Canadians wo...
Prince Edward Island to begin reducing COVID-19 public health restrictions
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island will start easing COVID-19 restrictions on Feb. 17, with the hope of ending gathering limits and mandatory masking requirements by early April, Premier Dennis King said Tuesday. His cabinet has approved a three-step...
Liberal MP breaks ranks with party on COVID-19, says government is dividing Canadians
OTTAWA — The federal government must reassess its divisive and stigmatizing approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberal member Joël Lightbound said Tuesday in a rare public display of internal dissent within the governing party. Lightbound, who represen...
Alberta starts lifting COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine passport program
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's vaccine passport will end almost immediately, with most other big COVID-19 health rules gone three weeks later. Kenney told a news conference Tuesday that the vaccine passport, known in Alberta as the rest...
