Tag Archives: Health
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
Delivering new services 'complicated,' Freeland says of planned dental care program
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is working hard to meet its end-of-year deadline to deliver dental-care coverage to kids but acknowledges that providing new services is "co...
Aug 09, 2022
Delivering new services 'complicated,' Freeland says of planned dental care program
OTTAWA - The government is working hard to meet its end-of-year deadline to deliver dental-care coverage to kids, the deputy prime minister said Tuesday, but added providing new services is "complicat...
Aug 09, 2022
Top commander defends military's vaccine requirement, says 'tweak' in the works
OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander said he will "tweak" the vaccine mandate for the Armed Forces in the next few weeks but defended vaccine requirements as necessary to keep the military ready t...
Aug 09, 2022
Meota fundraiser concert for BUH Foundation a big success
The recent fundraiser concert in Meota saw a great show of support and brought in $17,155 for the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation. All proceeds benefit the "Every Minute Matters" ER capita...
Aug 08, 2022
Liberals planning temporary solution to dental care promise: sources
OTTAWA - Sources close to the government's proposed $5.3-billion dental-care program say the Liberals are planning a temporary solution that involves giving money directly to patients in order to keep...
Aug 08, 2022