Tag Archives: Health
International partners had concern about Canada's 'ability to handle' convoy protests
OTTAWA - Two days before the Emergencies Act was invoked last February to quell anti-government convoy protests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned cabinet ministers that international partners were...
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit declared a state of emergency Friday due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital said there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex R...
Aug 12, 2022
COVID-19 booster eligibility expands to 18+ in Sask.
People in Saskatchewan looking to get their second booster shot will soon be allowed to do so.In a news release on Friday, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab announced that the eligibility ...
Aug 12, 2022
Canadian wastewater surveillance expanding to new public health threats: Tam
OTTAWA - Plans are underway to sift through Canadian sewage to test for and measure monkeypox, polio and other potential health threats, the country's chief public health officer said Friday. Over the...
Aug 12, 2022
USask dental clinic in P.A. closes to make way for unique replacement
The dental clinic run at the University of Saskatchewan's Prince Albert campus is closed until 2023 and will be replaced by a horse of a different colour.The new Dental Therapy Program that is schedul...
Aug 11, 2022
Moderna says vaccine facility in Montreal suburb could be operational by end of 2024
MONTREAL - Moderna says construction of its new mRNA vaccine factory in the Montreal area will begin later this year, with production expected to begin by the end of 2024. The vaccine manufacturer is ...
Aug 11, 2022
Miracle Treat Day: Making a difference one Blizzard at a time
There has never been a better day for some ice cream. Thursday, Aug. 11, is Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen locations across Saskatchewan with 100 percent of net proceeds from each Blizzard treat sol...
Aug 11, 2022
Quebec public health wants smelter's arsenic emissions cut to 5 times provincial norm
MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director is recommending that arsenic levels in the air of a western Quebec city be reduced significantly, but even then they would remain five times higher than the ...
Aug 10, 2022
Montreal public health investigating after man dies from legionnaires' disease
Montreal public health officials say they are investigating a deadly case of legionnaires' disease in the city's east end to see if it is linked to two other cases detected in the area. The city's pub...
Aug 10, 2022
Quebec rejects plea to send army to northern region facing health worker shortage
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department has rejected a request from officials in the northern region of Nunavik to have Armed Forces members brought in to help ease a shortage of health-care workers. Ka...
Aug 10, 2022