Tag Archives: Health
Paramedics, dispatchers call for more resources as mental health issues spike
VANCOUVER - Groups representing Canada's paramedics are calling for improved mental health services as staff shortages and unprecedented call volumes fuelled by the pandemic and the overdose crisis ta...
Jan 25, 2022
People are 'fed up': Quebec follows Ontario's lead and loosens COVID-19 restrictions
The Quebec government announced the loosening of some COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday, following the lead of Ontario and other provinces amid indications the Omicron surge may be peaking in some areas. ...
Jan 25, 2022
Anti-mandate trucker convoy heading to Ottawa stops in P.A.
An anti-mandate trucker convoy headed to Ottawa made its way through Saskatchewan Monday with hundreds of people stopping in Prince Albert.The large convoy met at the Co-op Cardlock beside the RCMP de...
Jan 24, 2022
Slow down trucker vaccine rule, business groups say as PM, Tories trade barbs
OTTAWA - Business leaders are urging Ottawa to ease vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers to relieve the congested supply chain with the United States, while Liberals and Conservatives sparred ov...
Jan 24, 2022
Kids' vaccine rate still low despite rampant spread of Omicron variant
OTTAWA - The timing of the Omicron outbreak in Canada may have hurt the uptake of pediatric vaccines at a time when kids need them most. Child-sized doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine were approved fo...
Jan 24, 2022
Saskatchewan eschews more COVID-19 rules, Ontario saw high absences in some schools
Saskatchewan's premier said his government will refrain from imposing new COVID-19 restrictions in a shift toward learning to live with the virus Monday, just as new StatCan data illustrated the human...
Jan 24, 2022
‘No significant benefit’: Moe says no new measures coming for Sask.
Despite record daily case numbers and rising hospitalizations, Saskatchewan won't be implementing stricter public health measures in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.In hi...
Jan 24, 2022
COVID-19: Quebec reopens stores on Sundays, Ontario logs fewer hospitalizations
MONTREAL - Sunday shoppers streamed back into Quebec stores for the first time in three weeks as a measure meant to curb soaring COVID-19-related hospitalization rates in the province came to an end a...
Jan 23, 2022
Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns protests by unvaccinated truckers
OTTAWA - A federation representing truckers across Canada has denounced a series of planned protests against the federal government's cross-border travel vaccine mandate, arguing such demonstrations a...
Jan 23, 2022
From the ground up: mental health support aid for farmers moves onto next phase
The seeds have been planted and are showing signs of sprouting, for a new tool that will one day provide valuable mental health support to farmers and ranchers in Saskatchewan.Since the launch of the ...
Jan 23, 2022