Tag Archives: Health
Quebec will allow gyms to reopen, Ontario to stick with COVID-19 reopening plan
Canada's two largest provinces are continuing with plans to relax COVID-19 restrictions, as Quebec announced Tuesday that gyms will reopen and Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a warning of increased hos...
Feb 01, 2022
Protests in Canada catch the eye of U.S. right wing, because they look familiar
WASHINGTON - Despite his reputation for hair-trigger unpredictability, Donald Trump had a remarkably consistent track record for triggering paroxysms north of the border: all he ever had to do was men...
Feb 01, 2022
'I'm just exhausted': Inside a Toronto hospital during the Omicron wave of COVID-19
TORONTO - Paula Abramcyzk sighs at the unknown her day will bring. Odds are, in the heart of the Omicron wave, someone will die in the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital in Toronto. The ICU ...
Feb 01, 2022
Moe doubles down on goal to remove vaccination, negative test mandate
On the same day Saskatchewan hit the highest number of COVID-related hospitalizations since the pandemic started, Premier Scott Moe repeated and explained his push to end the vaccination or negative t...
Feb 01, 2022
Anti-vaccine mandate protest racks up costs to Ottawa residents, police, businesses
Ottawa residents are starting to wonder who will be left holding the bag when the anti-vaccine mandate protest that has seized the capital, shuttered businesses and racked up policing costs finally ro...
Feb 01, 2022
Commons ethics committee wants cellphone data collection halted over privacy concerns
OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee has called for a halt to the Public Health Agency of Canada's plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones as a way to understand travel patterns...
Jan 31, 2022
Tisdale couple in Ottawa for Freedom Convoy, dismiss chaos claims
A man from Tisdale said he wants to set the record straight and is refuting claims that the situation on Parliament Hill is anything but peaceful.Cole Griffin and his wife drove to Ottawa in their per...
Jan 31, 2022
Terry Fox 'above politics' so leave him out of protests: mayor of hero's hometown
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia mayor says the defacing of a statue of Terry Fox near Parliament Hill has ignited disbelief among residents in the national hero's hometown, and he's calling ...
Jan 31, 2022
Federal election cost estimated $630M, but many First Nations had no polling station
OTTAWA - Last year's federal election cost an estimated $630 million - more than the estimated $502-million bill for the 2019 poll - partly because of extra costs associated with the pandemic, accordi...
Jan 31, 2022
Federal government introduces bill to spend up to $2.5B on rapid tests for provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government introduced legislation on Monday to continue providing as many rapid tests as possible to the provinces and territories. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos introduced the...
Jan 31, 2022