Moscow on Tuesday ordered its unvaccinated seniors and those with chronic illnesses to stay at home for four months as part of a wave of new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Beginning on Oct. 25, those over 60 and those with chronic diseases who are unvaccinated in the Russian capital must remain…

Ontario says it’s keeping its stay-at-home order in place until at least June 2 and Quebec has become the latest province to stop giving Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot as a first dose. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says public health measures are driving down cases, but restrictions need to continue a few weeks longer so that the…

Ontario will extend its stay-at-home order and introduce additional restriction measures, with police granted additional powers to enforce the restrictions, Premier Doug Ford said on April 16. “We’re losing the battle between the variants and vaccines,” Ford said. “The pace of vaccine supply has not kept up with the spread of the new COVID variants.”…

As Alberta reverts to more stringent restrictions in an effort to tame a spike in COVID-19 cases, one MLA says a regional approach to lockdowns would make more sense because not all areas are impacted equally by the virus. “We need a regional approach, a targeted approach that recognizes that a lot of regions are…

Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday that Ontario will enter a state of emergency for the third time, and the entire province will be put under stay-at-home order for four weeks starting Thursday in the government’s effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, the disease the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus causes. The stay-at-home order will…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that the province is working with public health units to prepare its phase two vaccination plan, which includes building and expanding the province’s capacity to immunize residents.  “I want to assure the people of this great province that we are ready to get vaccines into as many arms…

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Michael Sparks has always been a go-getter. Though he was exposed to substance abuse growing up, he channeled the negative energy from his hardships into a drive to succeed. He made his way to college on a football scholarship, but when that didn’t work out, he came up with a new dream and…

A regional stay-at-home order in California set in place late last year to curb the spread of COVID-19 was lifted on Monday as health officials said they see conditions improve statewide. The order had been in place for the San Francisco Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California, covering the vast majority of the…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday lifted harsh restrictions, saying projections of key metrics show the state is doing well against COVID-19. “We are in a position projecting four weeks forward with a significant decline in the case rates, positivity rates. We are anticipating decline, still more decline in hospitalizations, and more declines in [intensive…

Fear that the winter would bring a rash of renters being kicked out of their homes has abated with the provincial government’s decision to pause residential evictions. The emergency order to temporarily stop the enforcement of evictions was announced Thursday at the start of a provincial stay-at-home-order. It is meant to ensure people are not…