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- 2/8/2022
Kenney apologizes for comparing stigma of being unvaccinated to plight of '80s HIV-AIDS patients
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a personal tie to the issue, fighting in San Francisco in the 1980s to overturn a law extending hospital visitation rights to gay couples—a move aimed at preventing people from visiting their dying partners. - 2/8/2022
The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?
Some studies have demonstrated that a significant number of obese people are metabolically healthy, leading to the contention that one could be healthy at any size. This phenomenon is referred to as metabolically healthy obesity. Research is now starting to explore what this means. - 2/8/2022
Alberta starts lifting COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine passport program
Kenney told a news conference Tuesday that the vaccine passport, known in Alberta as the restriction exemption program, would end within hours—at midnight. - 2/8/2022
Advocates thrilled as court orders Health Canada to reassess glyphosate decision
The chemical was first authorized in Canada in 1976 and is currently found in more than 100 weed killers, many of them used by farmers to control weeds in the fields. - 2/8/2022
Police concerned for safety of kids living in trucks involved in Ottawa protest
Bell says the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa has been called in to assess the situation, pointing out the frigid temperatures, access to sanitation, and risk to the children's safety should there be a police operation in the area. - 2/8/2022
Ontario to roll out free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores
A government source with knowledge of the plan told The Canadian Press that Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce more details on Wednesday. - 2/8/2022
Manitoba hints at different approach to COVID-19 rules than other Prairie provinces
A top Manitoba health official says the province will not rush to loosen its COVID-19 restrictions simply because some other provinces are doing so. - 2/7/2022
Quebec announces reopening plan that lifts most COVID-19 restrictions by mid March
Legault presented a road map that begins on Saturday, when all limits on indoor private gatherings will be removed. He said his plan represented a return to a more normal life, nearly two years after he declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19. - 2/7/2022
Edmonton physicians call on province for more timely drug poisoning data
The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association says they have twice requested local geographic data from the Alberta government on drug-related emergency services calls, overdoses and deaths.