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  OTTAWA -- An outdoor concert at Lansdowne Park later this month will feature rapid COVID-19 screening and could serve as a dry run for larger concerts later this year. But its already facing a significant roadblock as the citys top doctor warns Ottawa could soon move into the red zone, which would cut outdoor gathering limits by 75 per cent. Organizers are calling the “Long Road Back” on March 27 the first event of its kind in Canada, and say it could pave the way to safely reopening...

Plans to host a live outdoor concert at Lansdowne Park for 100 people in two weeks are forging ahead, amid concerns Ottawa may be going into the red zone.

An outdoor concert at Lansdowne Park later this month will feature rapid COVID-19 screening and could serve as a dry run for larger concerts later this year.

As Canada’s premiers continue to vent their understandable frustration over lack of vaccines, there’s some consolation to be found in the sudden abundance of a…

As Canada’s premiers continue to vent their understandable frustration over lack of vaccines, there’s some consolation to be found in the sudden abundance of a…

Opinion: The urgent need for widespread rapid testing Special to National Post © Provided by National Post A medical worker performs a COVID-19 swab test upon a woman at a rapid-testing station at the Panagia Evangelistria Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus capital Nicosia on Jan. 29. The following open letter arguing for the adoption of widespread rapid testing in Canada was signed by 28 members of the medical and business communities. As the second wave of the pandemic contin...

OTTAWA — A group of large businesses in Banff National Park is proposing a rapid COVID-19 testing project meant to help reopen the economy safely.

Rapid COVID-19 tests important to reopen safely: Business group by The Canadian Press Last Updated Jan 22, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT OTTAWA — A group of large businesses in Banff National Park is proposing a rapid COVID-19 testing project meant to help reopen the economy safely. The head of the group Yannis Karlos says rapid testing can guarantee the safety of the community while getting back to a semblance of normality in a place heavily dependent on tourism. Karlos owns a distillery and restaur...

Maan Alhmidi Two families walk up to a COVID-19 test clinic in Montreal, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson January 22, 2021 - 4:14 PM OTTAWA - A group of large businesses in Banff National Park is proposing a rapid COVID-19 testing project meant to help reopen the economy safely. Yannis Karlos, the head of the group, said rapid testing can guarantee the safety of the community while allowing the return to a semblance of normality in a plac...

Is Canada Ready to Meet the Next Wave of Pandemic Challenges? As Canada grapples with rising COVID-19 cases and new, more transmissible strains of the virus, experts in medicine and emergency preparedness say it’s worth taking stock and preparing to better meet the next stage of pandemic challenges. Dr. Shawn Whatley, a past president of the Ontario Medical Association, says that last year in the early days of the pandemic, the government didn’t yet know what it was dealing with, but at thi...