Tag Archives: Health
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Adult Quebecers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be forced to pay a "significant" financial penalty, Premier Franois Legault said Tuesd...
Jan 11, 2022
Quebec's tax on the unvaccinated could worsen inequity, advocates say
OTTAWA - Advocates working with Black and Indigenous communities say a proposal to make unvaccinated adults pay a financial penalty risks further entrenching inequities in Canada's pandemic response, ...
Jan 11, 2022
Nunavut schools to reopen later this month as COVID-19 case counts decline
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's education minister says students are to return to school remotely next week and start going back to classes on Jan. 24. Pamela Gross said Tuesday that chief public health ...
Jan 11, 2022
Local couple donates $20K to Victoria Hospital Foundation campaign for new NICU
The Victoria Hospital Foundation is overjoyed after a generous donation towards a campaign for the hospital's new NICU.The Foundation announced Tuesday that Kelly and Susi Miller of Prince Albert dona...
Jan 11, 2022
Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty
MONTREAL - Adult Quebecers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be forced to pay a "significant" financial penalty, Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday, one day after the sudden resignat...
Jan 11, 2022
Montreal man experiencing homelessness dies after night out in extreme cold
Montreal police say a man experiencing homelessness died after spending the night outside in extreme cold. Police say they responded to a call about a case of possible hypothermia Monday night at an e...
Jan 11, 2022
P.A. residents want public library exempt from vaccine policy
-A previous version of this story stated one of the individuals looking to get the policy lifted didn't 100 per cent clarify they were a part of the homeschool community. We apologize for the error.Se...
Jan 11, 2022
Tightening rules for unvaccinated is justified as health system struggles: experts
MONTREAL - As Quebec officials consider tightening the rules for the unvaccinated, health experts in the province say expanding the vaccine passport system is justified because of the high number of C...
Jan 11, 2022
Amid the Omicron crush, Quebec to crack down on unvaccinated with new health tax
As infections fuelled by the Omicron variant threaten to overwhelm Canada's health system, the Quebec government on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of promising to tax adult residents who refuse t...
Jan 11, 2022
Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a slim majority of Canadians support the latest round of lockdowns and other government-imposed restrictions as the Omicron variant continue to fuel an explosion in new CO...
Jan 11, 2022