Tag Archives: Health
Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in COVID first wave
MONTREAL - Quebec authorities share blame with the owners of a private Montreal-area long-term care home where 47 residents died during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's coroner ...
May 19, 2022
Canada's first two monkeypox cases confirmed in Quebec, others under investigation
MONTREAL - The Public Health Agency of Canada says two cases of monkeypox in Quebec are the first confirmed cases in the country. The agency said in a release late Thursday that it is working with the...
May 19, 2022
BEATS Comic-Con helps kids find their inner superhero
Spiderman was there, and so was Dr. Strange.It was all part of the BEATS (Building Expression and Awareness Through Theatre and Sound) Encounter Comic-Con Youth Expo at the Dekker Centre Wednesday, wi...
May 18, 2022
Canada's COVID-19 infections among adults tripled in early 2022 due to Omicron: study
TORONTO - The number of Canadian adults infected with COVID-19 tripled during the fifth wave of the pandemic compared with the total number of adults infected in the previous four waves, according to ...
May 18, 2022
Federal corrections must improve workplace for parole officers' mental health: report
OTTAWA - A new report calls on federal corrections to ease caseloads, improve workplace policies and give added resources to parole officers in order to mitigate current strains on their mental health...
May 18, 2022
Latest wastewater report shows big drop in COVID levels
COVID-19 levels appear to be dropping drastically in Prince Albert, North Battleford, and Saskatoon.That's according to the latest weekly update from the University of Saskatchewan, in its continuing ...
May 17, 2022
La Ronge campus included in new dental therapy program
A newly announced dental therapy degree program will include La Ronge in one of three campuses the program is available.The program is aimed at Indigenous students and hopes to address the issue of de...
May 17, 2022
Prince Albert campus included in new dental therapy program
A newly announced dental therapy degree program will include Prince Albert in one of three campuses the program is available.The program is aimed at Indigenous students and hopes to address the issue ...
May 17, 2022
West Montreal health board CEO will step down in July after scathing coroner's report
MONTREAL - The head of a western Montreal regional health authority will step down at the end of her mandate in July following a damning report from the Quebec coroner. The health authority made the a...
May 17, 2022
Regular travel and public health measures can't coexist: Canadian Airport Council
OTTAWA - International arrivals at Canadian airports are so backed up that people are being kept on planes for over an hour after they land because there isn't physically enough space to hold the line...
May 17, 2022