COVID-19: Canada and World
‘Lit a match’: Prosecutor says pastor’s fiery speech at Coutts blockade was criminal
3 minute read Friday, Feb. 3, 2023LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A Crown prosecutor told court that a Calgary pastor accused of encouraging truckers to keep blocking a Canada-U.S. border crossing meant to fan the flames with his visit.
Steven Johnston presented closing arguments Friday in the trial of Artur Pawlowski.
Johnston said Pawlowski knew exactly what he was doing when he spent a day with the truckers involved in the blockade at Coutts, Alta.
The blockade began in late January 2022 to protest COVID-19 health restrictions. It paralyzed Alberta's main U.S. border crossing for more than two weeks.
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COVID critic had illness but died of drug overdose, B.C. coroner says
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6 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing ‘inflection’ point
2 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 30, 2023GENEVA (AP) — The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.
Speaking at the opening of WHO’s annual executive board meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “there is no doubt that we're in a far better situation now” than a year ago — when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at its peak.
But Tedros warned that in the last eight weeks, at least 170,000 people have died around the world in connection with the coronavirus. He called for at-risk groups to be fully vaccinated, an increase in testing and early use of antivirals, an expansion of lab networks, and a fight against “misinformation” about the pandemic.
"We remain hopeful that in the coming year, the world will transition to a new phase in which we reduce hospitalizations and deaths to the lowest possible level,” he said.
WHO decided the COVID-19 global emergency isn’t over. What happens next?
6 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 30, 2023Russian embassy says North Korea lifted lockdown in capital
4 minute read Preview Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023China announces resumption of visas for Japanese
2 minute read Preview Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023Delaware Gov. John Carney tests positive for COVID-19
1 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware Gov. John Carney has tested positive for COVID-19, the governor's office announced on Saturday.
Carney tested positive late Friday using an at-home antigen test after experiencing mild symptoms, according to a news release.
Carney, 66, said he's “feeling fine” and is isolating himself — following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines — and will work from home.
This marks Carney's second publicly announced bout with coronavirus in the past several months. He tested positive last May.
Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on prosecutor email review
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