Ford asks health-care organizations for input on potential hospital vaccine mandate
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking hospital CEOs, local medical officers of health and other health-care organizations for input on implementing vaccine mandates for staff at hospitals. Many hospitals across the province have already enacted...
Crime at the center of Atlanta mayor’s race as voting begins
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayoral candidates are talking about affordable housing, hoping to stave off a secession movement in a wealthy neighborhood and trading increasingly pointed jabs. But as in so many places across the country, the election is reall...
Dutch government to lower energy taxes amid surge in prices
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government is planning a multibillion euro package to help households cope with soaring energy bills, a minister said Friday. The Netherlands is the latest European nation to seek to deal with the effects
Cambridge college to return looted bronze statue to Nigeria
LONDON (AP) — A Cambridge University college said Friday that it would return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month, making it the first U.K. institution to hand back one of the artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes.
Russia says it pushed US destroyer from area near its waters
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said a Russian warship on Friday prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from what it described as an attempt to intrude into Russia’s territorial waters in the Sea of Japan.
N.B. government employees ordered to stop making Indigenous land acknowledgments
FREDERICTON — Citing a series of legal actions and land claims initiated by First Nations, the New Brunswick government has ordered employees to stop making territorial or title acknowledgments in reference to Indigenous lands. The order was included i...
COVID-19: Vaccine passport now required to visit Quebec health-care facilities
MONTREAL — Quebec continued the expansion of its vaccine passport system Friday, with proof of vaccination now required to visit numerous health network facilities. People aged 13 and older will need a vaccine passport to visit such places as hospitals...
Nova Scotia to cover the cost of cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health minister says the government will cover the cost of the cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta. Michelle Thompson says she expects the drug to be on the provincial formulary by the end of November. Thompson, who announced the deci...
Ontario venues say new COVID-19 rules create ‘double standard’ for standing concerts
TORONTO — Indoor concerts are slowly coming back to life in Ontario, but venue owners say the latest COVID-19 guidelines will dampen any significant return to live music in the coming months. At first glance, new rules that lifted capacity limits
Bulgaria hands EU its recovery plan, seeks extension on coal
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s caretaker prime minister said Friday that his country has set the future decarbonization of the economy as a priority in its pandemic recovery plan submitted formally for consideration to the European Commission.