Seniors ARRESTED while filling medical prescription at Manitoba grocery store

Mary-Ann and George are a soft spoken married couple who are both medically exempt from wearing masks. They went together in the evening — to avoid the crowds — to their local Superstore, to fill a prescription for the very condition that makes Mary-Ann mask exempt. In the end, the cops were called and they were both detained and threatened with criminal charges, before being released with $1,300 coronavirus tickets.

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Rising cases ‘frightening,’ PM Trudeau says, vows vaccine rollout will ‘scale up’

“Quantities of both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccine will scale up in February. Remember that Canada has the most vaccines secured per capita in the world, which means that, by September, we will have enough vaccines for every Canadian who wants one,” he said during his national update on the COVID-19 response on Friday.

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Quebec’s COVID-19 curfew challenged by health experts, advocates

Quebec has become the first province to institute a curfew as part of new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, but already its legality and effectiveness are being questioned by both health experts and civil liberties groups.

Starting Saturday, anybody caught outside between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. without a valid reason could face a fine of up to $6,000.

Premier François Legault said the curfew was part of a “shock therapy” designed to ease the burden on the health-care system that has worsened along with the pandemic.

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