Spring COVID-19 booster vaccine available in New Brunswick for those at risk
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick residents at risk of severe illnesses can now get a spring COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. Public Health says beginning today, the mRNA...
Abortion bills gain no ground in Kentucky with ban in place
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After years of setbacks, abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they achieved a breakthrough in November, when voters defeated a measure aimed...
France’s Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options
PARIS (AP) — New legislation to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday, following the release of a report...
Over a year after government invoked Emergencies Act, court to hear legal challenge
OTTAWA – A national civil liberties group is set to argue that “nebulous or strained claims” about economic instability or general unrest weren’t enough to legally...
‘Making things a little more accessible’: Paralyzed Bronco looks to improve buildings
CALGARY – Spending the last five years using a wheelchair has given former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki a new path forward. The 23-year-old from...
The implications of Walgreens’ decision on abortion pills
Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did so. The drugstore chain’s...
At-risk Canadians should get additional COVID-19 bivalent booster this spring: NACI
Canadians at risk of severe illness due to COVID-19 are being advised to get an additional booster dose this spring. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization,...
Trudeau ‘surprised’ that B.C. firm talks about selling cocaine
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is “as surprised as” British Columbia Premier David Eby after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to...
Abortion clinics crossing state borders spark local disputes
BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — The pastors smiled as they held the doors open, grabbing the hands of those who walked by and urging many to keep...
Ontario Nurses’ Association says bargaining with hospitals has broken down
TORONTO – The Ontario Nurses’ Association says contract talks with the Ontario Hospital Association have broken down and will now head to arbitration in early May....