Tag Archives: Health
Provinces defend health restrictions as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise
Ontario announced Monday it was closing its schools, and Toronto-area hospitals cleared pediatric beds to make room for COVID-19 patients as officials in other provinces defended the need for public-h...
Apr 12, 2021
Montreal mayor calls destructive protests against COVID-19 curfew 'stupid'
MONTREAL - The front window of Frank Passa's Old Montreal restaurant, Quattro, is covered with a piece of plywood, broken after an anti-curfew protest turned violent on Sunday night. While some of his...
Apr 12, 2021
Canada set to receive 1M Pfizer-BioNTech doses, Moderna playing catch-up
OTTAWA - A batch of more than 855,000 doses of vaccine from Moderna is now on route to Canada, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Monday afternoon. The delivery of 855,600 doses was first scheduled...
Apr 12, 2021
For Canadian Muslims, second pandemic Ramadan is a time of hope and sadness
MONTREAL - Bilal Abdul Kader, president and founder of the As-Salam mosque in downtown Montreal, said his mosque has been serving meals during the holy month of Ramadan for 15 years. The Iftar evening...
Apr 12, 2021
Hundreds defy Montreal's 8 p.m. curfew in violent, destructive protest
MONTREAL - Hundreds of protestors gathered in Montreal on Sunday in defiance of a newly adjusted curfew intended to stem surging COVID-19 case numbers before dozens of them started fires and damaged p...
Apr 11, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Sunday, April 11, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 11, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 205,920 new vaccinations administered for a total of 7,991,727...
Apr 11, 2021
Expert says gathering outside Alberta church attended by many conspiracy theorists
SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - An expert investigating hate groups says a weekend gathering outside an Alberta church charged with violating COVID-19 regulations is exemplary of the increasing number of far-ri...
Apr 11, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, April 11, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Sunday April 11, 2021. There are 1,060,157 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,060,157 confirmed cases (73,447 active, 9...
Apr 11, 2021
New COVID-19 vaccine record set in province, 321 new cases
For the second straight day, Saskatchewan set another COVID-19 vaccine record, as they gave 13,170 doses. Now, 282,065 doses have been administered in the province to date. The 13,170 doses of COVID-1...
Apr 11, 2021
Canada nearing peak of next wave of COVID-19, Tam says as Ontario sets case record
Canada is nearing the peak of the current wave of COVID-19, the country's chief public health officer said Sunday as Ontario reported a new single-day record for new infections and provinces brought i...
Apr 11, 2021