Tag Archives: Health
Canada needs a stronger COVID-19 detection system, experts say
Experts say Canada needs to develop a robust system to detect COVID-19 activity in the absence of wide-scale PCR testing. Since the onset of the Omicron variant, provinces and territories have scaled ...
Apr 21, 2022
Vancouver marijuana users gather to celebrate the annual 4-20 smoke event
VANCOUVER - White marijuana smoke billowed over a sea of cannabis enthusiasts outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Wednesday as they cheered when the clock stuck 4:20 p.m. Police say thousands gathered a...
Apr 20, 2022
Prince Albert retreat will open in weeks
With some minor renovations, the River Valley Resilience Retreat will soon be ready to start its mission of helping people manage operational stress injury, also called PTSD.Michelle McKeaveney and Je...
Apr 20, 2022
Ryan Meili reveals positive COVID test result
NDP Leader Ryan Meili has tested positive for COVID-19.In a tweet Wednesday, the outgoing party leader revealed he was the last member of his family to test positive for the virus, and noted he has th...
Apr 20, 2022
Police, fire departments respond to call at bridge
Both the Prince Albert Police Service and the Fire Department responded to another call at the train bridge on April 18.Members from both departments attended the scene at 6:24 pm after being called a...
Apr 20, 2022
Quebec judge bans father from taking son to protests against COVID-19 health orders
QUEBEC - A Quebec judge has ruled a mother can have her young son vaccinated against the novel coronavirus without the father's consent and ordered the father not to take the child to COVID-19 protest...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. poultry farmers uniquely equipped to respond to possible avian flu
VANCOUVER - Poultry farmers in British Columbia are under pressure to protect their flocks as a highly contagious strain of avian flu sweeps over North America. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poul...
Apr 20, 2022
Unlike in the rest of Canada, free rapid COVID-19 tests not widely available in N.L.
HALIFAX - Newfoundland and Labrador residents say they're frustrated by the lack of free COVID-19 rapid tests when other provinces make them widely available at no cost. Heather Elliott, a retail work...
Apr 20, 2022
National Defence says fewer unvaccinated troops kicked out of military than reported
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence is reporting limited progress on enforcing an order that all troops bare their arms, with fewer unvaccinated members having been forced to hang up their uni...
Apr 19, 2022
B.C. announces new supports to attract internationally trained nurses
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is looking to other countries to solve its nursing shortage "crisis," starting with financial support to help internationally educated nurses get registered and licensed f...
Apr 19, 2022