Tag Archives: Health
Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels five times norm
MONTREAL - A copper smelter in northwest Quebec will be permitted to release 15 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air - five times the provincial norm - Quebec's environment minister said Monday...
Aug 15, 2022
COVID levels considered large in P.A. and North Battleford: study
COVID levels are much higher in Prince Albert and Saskatoon than they were for the past few months. According to researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, who continue to study wastewater in the ...
Aug 15, 2022
Quebec starts offering fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care residents
MONTREAL - Quebec on Monday started offering fifth doses of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences. The Health Department said it launched the new vaccine...
Aug 15, 2022
Canadian Blood Services in talks around paid donations of plasma as supply dwindles
Canadian Blood Services is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. The blood-collection agency issued a statement on Friday saying it is in "ongoing d...
Aug 13, 2022
Saskatchewan alerts public about elevated risk of Monkeypox
Health officials are raising concerns about Monkeypox in Saskatchewan after new information related to recent cases."The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public to the elevated risk...
Aug 13, 2022
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