Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus
Iran diaspora decry Montreal honour for urologist who shunned COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian physicians with roots in Iran are decrying a Montreal-based organization's plan to honour a Tehran physician who they accuse of spreading COVID-19 disinformation and uphol...
Nov 05, 2022
Revellers return to Hong Kong 7s for 1st time since pandemic
HONG KONG (AP) - Thousands of revellers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly anticipated international rugby sevens tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began...
Nov 04, 2022
Revellers return to Hong Kong 7s for 1st time since pandemic
HONG KONG (AP) - Thousands of revellers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly anticipated international rugby sevens tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began...
Nov 04, 2022
Hong Kong Sevens returns after three-year hiatus due to the pandemic
Canada will open the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series against Argentina on Friday as the Hong Kong Sevens returns after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Organizers are hoping the 16-country tourn...
Nov 02, 2022
New Montreal clinic will be part of Quebec network studying long COVID, Lyme disease
MONTREAL - A new clinic is opening today in Montreal that will treat patients who have either long COVID or Lyme disease. It is one of the 15 specialized facilities announced by the Quebec government ...
Oct 31, 2022
Maggie Mac Neil golden as FINA World Cup returns to Canada after COVID-19
TORONTO - Canada's Maggie Mac Neil was once again golden at the FINA World Cup in Toronto. Mac Neil finished the women's 100-metre butterfly in 54.78 seconds on Sunday to set a Canadian record and fin...
Oct 30, 2022
Premier Smith won't permit mask mandates in schools
Premier Danielle Smith is all but guaranteeing that mask mandates will not return to schools. In a statement released Saturday morning, October 29, 2022, Smith says: "Our government will not permit an...
Oct 29, 2022
Court: UCP unmasking decision for schools was improper and unreasonable
EDMONTON, AB - A judge has found the Alberta government's decision in February 2022 to block school boards from imposing their own mask mandates was improper and unreasonable.The case was filed by the...
Oct 28, 2022
Defence chief was warned about legality of military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate: memo
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces was warned by his senior legal and medical advisers last year that requiring all troops to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was unnecessary - and that...
Oct 24, 2022
Sexual assault trial resumes for military officer who led COVID-19 vaccine campaign
GATINEAU, Que. - The sexual assault trial against Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is set to resume for a third day in a Gatineau courtroom this morning. Fortin took to the stand in September and denied any guil...
Oct 24, 2022