Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Health Canada has added the facial paralysis condition known as Bell's Palsy as a potentially rare side-effect after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The condition is a usually temporary ...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won't "take lectures" from federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu on how to handle COVID-19. Hajdu earlier penned a letter to her Alberta counterpart saying...

MONTREAL - Unions and businesses that may be affected by vaccine mandates under consideration by the federal and Quebec governments say they'll be watching the situation closely. The Quebec government...

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES - One of the year's most winning and c...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on mask mandates after lawmakers left the prohibition in place despite a rising number of COVI...

Statistics Canada said the country added 94,000 jobs in July as public health restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic continued to be lifted, but economists warned there is still a "long slog" to...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer is confident people will be able to cast ballots safely in an expected federal election, despite a fourth wave of COVID-19 fuelled by the highly contagiou...

MADRID (AP) - Lionel Messi's time at Barcelona appears to be over. Barcelona announced Thursday that Messi will not stay with the club, saying that the Spanish league's financial regulations made it i...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is considering making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for some federally regulated workplaces in a bid to boost Canada's vaccination levels. But the prim...

CALGARY - Alberta's top doctor is defending the province's plan to lift all its COVID-19 public health restrictions despite mounting concerns from physicians and political leaders across Canada, inclu...