Tag Archives: Health
Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention
OTTAWA - Warrant Officer James Topp says he does not believe people would have paid attention if he had not donned his uniform to publicly oppose the Canadian military's vaccine requirements. That dec...
Jul 06, 2022
Anxiety, depression, not slowing down post-restrictions according to CFS
The pandemic took a steady toll on people's mental health, and many of them ended up needing the help of groups like Catholic Family Services (CFS). That need hasn't gone away yet either, despite the ...
Jul 06, 2022
Women graduates, those with college educations more likely to access CERB: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study finds post-secondary graduates who are women were more likely to receive the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020 than those who are men. The study also fin...
Jul 06, 2022
Canada could approve first COVID shot for youngest kids this month: feds
OTTAWA - Federal officials say a COVID-19 vaccine for Canada's youngest children could be approved as soon as this month. Health Canada tweeted Tuesday that it expects to reach a decision by mid-July ...
Jul 05, 2022
Youth group home approved for Beauval
A new facility that will help provide safe shelter and resources for vulnerable youth in the north has officially received the green light.The Government of Saskatchewan is partnering on the initiativ...
Jul 05, 2022
Some Quebec overnight camps are being forced to close due to COVID-19 outbreaks
MONTREAL - Summer camp season in Quebec has been cut short for hundreds of children who have been sent home due to COVID-19 outbreaks, only a few days after the start to some of the province's overnig...
Jul 05, 2022
Court martial planned for soldier who criticized vaccine mandate, led march to Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Canadian soldier who recently led a protest march to Ottawa is now facing a court martial for having spoken out against the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine requirements while wearin...
Jul 05, 2022
More than half of Canada's AstraZeneca vaccine doses expired, will be thrown out
OTTAWA - Canada is about to toss more than half of its doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because it couldn't find any takers for it either at home or abroad. It also has yet to explain ...
Jul 05, 2022
Wastewater COVID up by 36 per cent
The viral load of COVID-19 in Prince Albert's wastewater increased by just under 36 per cent in the most recent reporting period. Despite the increase, the number is the second smallest load recorded ...
Jul 04, 2022
People planning to attend AIDS conference in Montreal still struggling to get visas
MONTREAL - International AIDS organizations say people from Africa, South America and Asia who are planning to attend a major AIDS conference in Montreal are still struggling to get visas from the Can...
Jul 02, 2022