Tag Archives: Health
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Ontario businesses are dealing with another round of pandemic-related closures and capacity restrictions , but details of financial support remain scant...
Jan 05, 2022
More than half of Canada's promised vaccine donations still to come
OTTAWA - Canada has delivered about one-quarter of the direct vaccine doses it has promised to help less wealthy countries and can't say when more doses will go out the door. In 2021, Canada promised ...
Jan 05, 2022
Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP
OTTAWA - Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant. The federal NDP critic for economic develop...
Jan 05, 2022
Saskatchewan adds over 500 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 537 new COVID-19 cases.Sixty-two of these cases were recorded in the northern part of the province. This includes Far North West (nine), Far North East (fou...
Jan 05, 2022
Conservatives ask privacy czar to probe pandemic-related use of mobile location data
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is asking Canada's privacy commissioner to investigate federal reliance on data from mobile devices to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter t...
Jan 05, 2022
Ontario student athletes shut out from indoor play face more disruptions
OTTAWA - When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Humber College to move everything online, Rrezart Sadiku's final year playing in the men's volleyball team was suddenly put on pause. Sadiku decided to finis...
Jan 05, 2022
Mental health focused beds offered to Battlefords residents
As a rising number of Saskatchewan residents see their mental health impacted negatively during the pandemic, there's a greater need for specific residential beds and services to help the transition o...
Jan 05, 2022
Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Nunavut, with confirmed or presumptive cases in 14 of the territory's 25 communities. There are 231 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, mo...
Jan 05, 2022
Saskatchewan outlines steps to keep schools open
The Saskatchewan government doesn't have any immediate plans to move schools to online learning.On Wednesday, the government outlined the steps it plans to take to keep schools operating in the midst ...
Jan 05, 2022
Some overloaded Quebec health-care facilities forced to cancel staff vacations
MONTREAL - Several Quebec health authorities are being forced to cancel employee vacations as the province struggles with staff shortages and rising COVID-19 hospitalizations, and some workers fear th...
Jan 05, 2022