Nunavut to lift territory-wide lockdown Monday as COVID-19 cases decline
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut will lift its lockdown Monday as COVID-19 case counts continue to drop across the territory. The territory has been under a strict lockdown since Dec. 24, with travel restricted and all workplaces and schools closed. On Monda...
For intensive care doctor, Omicron is a feeling of ‘continuous, unrelenting pressure’
HALIFAX — For intensive care doctor Sarah McMullen, the Omicron wave of COVID-19 seems like a twisting, turning carnival ride, leaving her wondering when she'll get to step off. "Right now, what it feels like is similar to when you go
Quebec curfew taking toll on women facing violence, people with mental health issues
MONTREAL — The Quebec government said it introduced a curfew as a common sense way to reduce COVID-19 transmission and ease pressure on hospitals, but women facing violence, young people and low-income residents say the health order has left them
Saskatchewan considers revising public health order after premier gets COVID-19
REGINA — Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says he's considering whether to revise the province's public health order on masks in light of Premier Scott Moe testing positive for COVID-19 after a news conference. Dr. Saqib Shahab says he has f...
Quebec to lift COVID-19 curfew Monday, extend vaccine passport to big box retail
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Quebec appears to have peaked, allowing him to lift the curfew on Monday that he imposed to protect hospitals from a record surge in infections. Health experts
Ontario businesses want to know if they can reopen on Jan. 26
TORONTO — Businesses are calling on the Ontario government to announce if establishments shuttered under the latest pandemic restrictions will be allowed to reopen Jan. 26, but the province's top doctor said Thursday he can't guarantee that date. Ontar...
Canada joins with Mexico to dispute how U.S. interprets USMCA auto rules of origin
WASHINGTON — Still licking its wounds from a dispute over dairy imports, Canada teamed up with Mexico on Thursday to challenge how the United States is interpreting North American trade rules that govern duty-free cars and trucks. Trade Minister Mary ...
Thousands of federal inmates to be released under 2018 law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three years ago.
China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its
WFP director for Afghanistan warns of “tsunami of hunger’
BRUSSELS (AP) — Afghanistan is facing a “tsunami of hunger” because of a shortage of funds that's needed to keep the supply of food intact as country teeters on the edge of economic run with more than half of the
