Tag Archives: Health
Parliamentary security, police preparing as truckers' protest convoy nears Ottawa
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says nobody wants a planned anti-vaccination protest on Parliament Hill this weekend to turn into a violent attempt to overthrow the government and warn...
Jan 27, 2022
Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
Jan 27, 2022
Draft long-term care standards could have prevented pandemic deaths: committee chair
OTTAWA - An organization that develops health-care standards has released a draft of new long-term care guidance that the authors hope will fundamentally change the way Canadian care homes are accredi...
Jan 27, 2022
Trudeau isolating after COVID-19 exposure; some provinces revising restrictions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was isolating at home Thursday after being exposed to COVID-19 and some provinces were planning to revise some of their public health restrictions. The prime minister sai...
Jan 27, 2022
CRA to send out new round of letters checking eligibility from CERB recipients
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency is sending out a new round of letters to pandemic aid recipients to verify they were eligible for the help, and warning of potential need for repayments. It's the se...
Jan 27, 2022
‘In due course’: Province mum on easing restrictions following Moe tease
The Saskatchewan government doesn't have any immediate plans to publicly answer any questions about lifting public health restrictions surrounding COVID-19.On Wednesday, Ministry of Government Relatio...
Jan 26, 2022
Alberta reports three cases of new COVID subvariant, more hospitalizations, deaths
EDMONTON - Alberta Health says it has detected three cases of the BA. 2 variant and reported its second-highest rate of hospitalizations due to COVID-19. The province says there were 1,418 hospitaliza...
Jan 26, 2022
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec has launched an online portal to track COVID-19 rapid test results, even as experts and government officials admit there are limits to the accura...
Jan 26, 2022
Province reports 1,194 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 1,194 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.The new cases are located in the Far North West (22), Far North Central (two), Far North East (13), North West (62), N...
Jan 26, 2022
Ottawa police contact trucker convoy leaders, preparing for potential violence
Ottawa police say they have been in touch with leaders of a trucker convoy over weekend protest plans in the capital and are getting ready for a several scenarios - including violence. Ottawa police C...
Jan 26, 2022