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3 arrested in Quebec City trucker convoy protest, dozens of tickets issued
Quebec City police say three people were arrested and dozens of tickets handed out during a protest against COVID-19 health measures and vaccine mandates.
07 Feb 2022 | Health -
Experts weigh in on shifting public health messaging on ‘learn to live with COVID’
Ontarians have recently started hearing their top health and government officials speak of “learning to live with COVID-19,” but it doesn’t mean immediately returni…
06 Feb 2022 | Health -
Brain injury endemic among homeless, says Vancouver researcher
Traumatic brain injury is so common among the homeless that prevention should be prioritized for people facing multiple challenges and worse outcomes compared with …
06 Feb 2022 | Health -
Russia to ease COVID-19 restrictions despite hitting record cases
Russia will ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions from Sunday, the consumer health watchdog announced on Saturday, despite reporting a record daily number of cases…
05 Feb 2022 | Health -
WHO calls for stronger China collaboration on COVID-19 origins
The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday he had discussed with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang the need for stronger collaboration on the origins of CO…
05 Feb 2022 | Health -
Anti-COVID-19 mandate convoys, rallies staged in British Columbia
Cities in British Columbia are bracing for another day of vehicle convoys and rallies in solidarity with protesters occupying downtown Ottawa in opposition to COVID…
05 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 deaths, LHSC caring for 138 COVID-19 patients, 26 in ICU
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04 Feb 2022 | Health -
New ‘highly virulent’ HIV strain discovered in the Netherlands
Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that’s more virulent than usual and has quietly circulated in the Netherlands for the past few decade…
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
Saskatchewan Legislature building closes temporarily due to security risk
The Saskatchewan Legislature announced on Friday afternoon that the building will be closing temporarily due to security risks.
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19 vaccine passports can be reviewed, but experts caution against dropping them
As several provinces toy with scrapping their COVID-19 vaccine mandates, medical experts allow it may be time to start reconsidering the policy _ but caution agains…
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec adds 42 deaths, but hospitalizations decrease yet again
Quebec is reporting 42 new deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Friday as pandemic-related hospitalizations continue to decline.
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
Ex-Montreal Canadien Chris Nilan says he lost radio job over vaccine refusal
Former Montreal Canadiens forward turned radio host Chris Nilan says he was fired from TSN 690, a Montreal sports radio station, after he refused to take a COVID-19…
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: New Omicron subvariant BA.2 detected in New Brunswick
A new Omicron subvariant called BA.2 has been identified in New Brunswick, the province announced Friday.
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
Ottawa residents should follow public health advice amid convoy protest, top doctor says
Canada’s top doctor is urging Ottawa residents to follow COVID-19-related public health advice, as the so-called “freedom convoy” protest in the downtown core conti…
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
Alberta RCMP unsure when Coutts border protest will end as demonstration enters 7th day
An RCMP spokesman says there’s no way to predict when the protest at Alberta’s main border crossing will end but he understands the public’s growing frustration as …
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
Vaccinated Canadians who catch COVID-19 can get booster 3 months after positive test: NACI
Fully vaccinated Canadians who experienced a COVID-19 infection should wait at least three months to get a booster shot after symptoms start or testing positive, ac…
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
India’s COVID-19 death toll has hit 500K. Experts say the real number is in the millions
India’s official death toll from COVID-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, a level many health experts say was breached last year but obscured by inaccurate surveys and u…
04 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 more deaths, LHSC caring for 139 COVID patients
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03 Feb 2022 | Health -
Dialysis patients saw strong antibody response with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: study
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine may produce a stronger antibody response than Pfizer-BioNTech’s in patients undergoing dialysis for kidney disease, a Canadian study sugg…
03 Feb 2022 | Health -
Quebec premier says no tolerance for mayhem as COVID-19 protest convoy heads to capital
Quebec City officials were reinforcing security measures around the legislature Thursday, as demonstrators opposed to COVID-19 health orders were expected to begin …
03 Feb 2022 | Health -
BA.2 subvariant harder to identify than original Omicron strain, WHO says
The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding she was concerned about the…
03 Feb 2022 | Health -
‘Makes no sense’: South Korean nose-only ‘Kosk’ mask raises eyebrows online
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a South Korean company has come up with a new mask design that they say allows users to dine comfortably while wearing it — but …
03 Feb 2022 | Health -
Partial reopening of Coutts border crossing running into problems as protest enters 6th day
One lane each way has been cleared on the highway at the main United States border crossing in southern Alberta but a new problem began late Wednesday night.
03 Feb 2022 | Health -
Community optician honoured by Quebec National Assembly for $1M donation effort
Over the last 15 years, optician Philippe Rochette’s vision to make prescription glasses more affordable has raised $1 million in donations for local community orga…
02 Feb 2022 | Health -
‘Shouldn’t be happening’: WHO tracking ‘worrying’ increase in deaths as Omicron surges
World Health Organization officials say scientists are tracking a “worrying” increase in COVID-19 deaths as the Omicron variant continues its spread around the glob…
01 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec premier drops plan to tax people who are unvaccinated
Quebec is dropping plans to impose a financial penalty on those who are unvaccinated against COVID-19.
01 Feb 2022 | Health -
‘Deltacron’ danger: Name of presumed hybrid fuels panic, experts say
If you thought it was the name of a new Transformers movie, think again.
01 Feb 2022 | Health -
Ethics committee calls on PHAC to halt cellphone data collection to study COVID-19 patterns
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…
01 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 deaths from Saturday to Monday, LHSC caring for 155 patients
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31 Jan 2022 | Health -
BA.2 33% more infectious than ‘original’ Omicron COVID strain, study finds
The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to in…
31 Jan 2022 | Health -
No injuries after incident involving truck and Ottawa police barricade
Ottawa police responded on Monday to an incident involving a truck and a police barrier near Parliament Hill, where members of a demonstration over the weekend cont…
31 Jan 2022 | Health -
‘We won’t give in’ Trudeau says as trucker convoy protest continues
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he “won’t give in” to the so-called “freedom convoy” protest in downtown Ottawa.
31 Jan 2022 | Health -
Ottawa trucker protest sparks questions about definition of ‘peaceful’ protest
Police haven’t reported any physical violence at the ongoing Ottawa rally against vaccine mandates and other government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions, but critics w…
31 Jan 2022 | Health -
Some urge COVID-19 vaccine certificates to require 3 doses as Ontario set for reopening
Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and many other businesses in Ontario are set to open their doors once again on Monday to fully vaccinated patrons, but with COVID-19 leve…
30 Jan 2022 | Health -
Austria plans to loosen COVID-19 rules after vaccine mandate begins
Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions in February after the country’s national vaccine mandate, the first of its kind in Europe, takes effect on Tuesday.
29 Jan 2022 | Health