Tag Archives: Health
Amount of COVID in wastewater samples drops in North Battleford
The level of COVID in North Battleford's wastewater has decreased by over a third. The SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA load dropped 37.8 per cent compared to last week. Researchers consider the level of COVID fo...
Oct 17, 2022
As Republicans relish bashing Biden in Ohio, Democrat Ryan cheers Trump on trade
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - When Donald Trump joked with supporters in Ohio that Republican Senate hopeful J.D. Vance had been "kissing my ass" for an endorsement, you could almost hear the snorts of delight f...
Oct 16, 2022
Vancouver, Surrey voters elect new mayors; bring promises of more police, RCMP stays
VANCOUVER - Voters in British Columbia ushered in a wave of sweeping political change throughout the province in municipal elections Saturday that saw new mayors elected in Vancouver and Surrey and ot...
Oct 15, 2022
Military eases vaccine mandate, presses ahead with discipline for unvaccinated troops
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces will press ahead with the forced expulsion of dozens of unvaccinated troops despite a new order from defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre on Friday ending the military's bl...
Oct 14, 2022
‘There was fear,’ Emergencies Act inquiry hears about life in Ottawa convoy protest
Ottawa has dealt with a fair number of serious crises over the last few years. A massive and destructive windstorm, floods, a giant sinkhole that swallowed a busy downtown throughway and, of course, a...
Oct 14, 2022
Business groups, city officials among first witnesses before Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - An inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act heard first-hand testimony Friday about the effect of last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protest on the people and businesses i...
Oct 14, 2022
Smith's discrimination remark making Alberta an international embarrassment: NDP
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has made the province an international embarrassment by proclaiming those who didn't get vaccinated during COVID-19 endured the w...
Oct 13, 2022
A timeline of what led up to the invocation of the Emergencies Act
OTTAWA - As public hearings begin into the federal government's first use of the Emergencies Act legislation, inquiry commission lawyers have prepared a rough timeline of the events that led up to the...
Oct 13, 2022
Charges laid in Ottawa under new crime of harassing a health worker
OTTAWA - A 58-year-old Ontario man is facing charges under a new law against intimidating a health-care worker. Ottawa police say there is a warrant out for the arrest of Louis Mertzelos in relation t...
Oct 13, 2022
Youth Matter hosting symposium and benefit concert
Youth Matter is hosting a free symposium, immersed in creative exploration with a unique and talented group of artists, creatives, and mental health advocates.The symposium began Thursday morning at 9...
Oct 13, 2022