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- 12/16/2021
Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy
An Alberta judge has dismissed an application by four doctors who wanted to be exempt from an Alberta Health Services requirement that all healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. - 12/16/2021
New Brunswick reports 163 new COVID-19 cases as interim restrictions set to take effect
Distancing must be maintained at all times in businesses, retail stores, gyms, salons and in spas, while in restaurants, a two-metre distance must be kept between tables. - 12/16/2021
Call me maybe? Why doctors who trained in N.L. want to work there, but don't
Doctors who trained in Newfoundland and Labrador are like high school graduates waiting by the phone for someone to ask them to the prom. - 12/16/2021
Experts call for N95s to become new masking standard to curb Omicron spread
Virginia Tech engineering professor Linsey Marr, who studies viruses in the air, says respirators offer far more protection than a surgical mask, both to the wearer and others around them. - 12/16/2021
Taking action on Omicron: What different provinces are doing
This week, almost every Canadian province and territory made updates to its plans to deal with COVID-19 and the latest variant—find your province's latest news here. - 12/16/2021
Food for thought on retirement for doctors
You need a plan. The “sugar rush of retirement”—the roughly six-month period of euphoria newly-retired people feel from their unstructured lives free of obligations—wears off and then what will you do? - 12/16/2021
Quebec orders shops, bars, restaurants, churches to operate at 50% capacity
COVID-19 vaccination is no longer enough to prevent Quebec's health system from becoming overwhelmed, and Quebecers must reduce their contacts by half, Premier Francois Legault said Thursday. - 12/16/2021
Nova Scotia reports record 394 COVID cases, as Halifax hospital delays some surgeries
A hospital in Halifax is postponing some non-urgent surgeries because staff members are isolating after being exposed to COVID-19.