Tag Archives: Health
COVID levels dropping in P.A. and North Battleford, but remain high: study
COVID levels in Prince Albert are dropping according to the University of Saskatchewan.Researchers studying the virus through the community's wastewater claim the current viral load is down roughly 15...
Oct 03, 2022
Rent support, dental cheques would be 'eviscerated' by inflation: Conservatives
OTTAWA - Liberal payments for dental care and rental housing will only add to inflation, without providing relief from the rising cost of living, Conservative MPs argued in the House of Commons on Mon...
Oct 03, 2022
Prairie premiers, governors urge Canada, U.S. to keep border crossings open longer
WASHINGTON - Canada's Prairie premiers and two U.S. governors want their respective countries to restore pre-pandemic operating hours at entry points along their shared land border. The group of provi...
Oct 03, 2022
Canada's first pledge ceremony to King Charles opens fall agenda at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - A newly elected member of British Columbia's legislature became Canada's first politician to sign a pledge to the King at the start of a fall sitting Monday, where health care and high cost...
Oct 03, 2022
COVID vaccine clinics taking place in Battlefords this week
Two walk-in COVID vaccine clinics and a by appointment pediatric clinic are being held this week in the Battlefords. The clinics come after the province expanded eligibility for the booster shots, to ...
Oct 03, 2022
Carol Todd calls for police to take online harassment, sextortion seriously
OTTAWA - A mother whose teenage daughter died by suicide 10 years ago told MPs Monday that police need to take online harassment seriously and not shame victims into thinking they brought their tormen...
Oct 03, 2022
Canada has now ended its COVID-19 travel restrictions, mask mandates
OTTAWA - As of this morning, travellers to Canada do not need to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 - and wearing a mask on planes and trains is now optional, though it is still recommended. P...
Oct 01, 2022
Canada ends COVID-19 travel restrictions, mask mandates
MISSISSAUGA - Travel restrictions tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, including mask mandates, came to an end on Saturday as the last remaining border measures officially ceased to be in effect. And some t...
Oct 01, 2022
B.C. pharmacists to renew, issue prescriptions as part of reworked health plan
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is expanding the power of pharmacists to renew and issue some prescriptions as part of a wide-ranging plan to relieve pressure on the province's struggling health-care sys...
Sep 29, 2022
Defence minister stands by military's vaccine mandate amid months-long review
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is defending the military's continued use of a vaccine mandate for Armed Forces members as a condition of employment amid pressure to end the requirement and questions ...
Sep 29, 2022