Tag Archives: Health
Liberals delay new regulations to lower price of medicines in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has put a six-month pause on new regulations designed to lower the cost of patented medicines in Canada. Health Canada first announced in 2019 that the Patent...
Dec 23, 2021
Latest COVID-19 numbers from Ontario and Quebec point to rapid infection surges
Canada's two largest provinces reported record high COVID-19 case counts Thursday, as preliminary data from Britain indicated that people with the Omicron variant are up to 70 per cent less likely to ...
Dec 23, 2021
Travel restricted, salons close in Iqaluit over likely COVID-19 community spread
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is tightening COVID-19 public health restrictions in Iqaluit, including restricting travel in and out of the capital city to essential purposes only. The territory said Thur...
Dec 23, 2021
Saskatchewan premier reflects on loss, what he learned about himself in past year
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is heading to his rural home for the holidays and says he looks forward to another family hockey game - even though he's known as Uncle Moe who can't keep up on...
Dec 23, 2021
Human connections: 'Friendly Calls' program reaches out to lonely, isolated Canadians
HALIFAX - Wendy Goodall moved from Ontario to the sprawling prairies of southern Saskatchewan two years ago. Then the COVID-19 pandemic shrank her world. "I knew nobody here, except my daughter and he...
Dec 23, 2021
High pathogenic Avian Influenza on N.L. exhibition farm, area under quarantine: CFIA
Canada's food safety watchdog says it has confirmed cases of high pathogenic Avian Influenza at an exhibition farm in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release W...
Dec 22, 2021
New COVID-19 cases back up to triple digits
For the first time since Nov. 26, daily new cases of COVID-19 exceeded 100 cases with the government reporting 105 confirmed today.Nine new cases were identified in the northern zones of the province;...
Dec 22, 2021
Trudeau, Freeland push back at Biden on COVID-19 holiday gatherings
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government pushed backed Wednesday at U.S. President Joe Biden's televised message to vaccinated Americans that they can gather safely for the holidays despite the spread of the O...
Dec 22, 2021
PACSD provides update on staff vaccines and vaccination clinics
Nearly 100 per cent of all staff in the Prince Albert Catholic School Division (PACSD) have declared being fully vaccinated.During a regular board meeting on Monday, the Board of Trustees was presente...
Dec 22, 2021
Shahab recommends caution, not restrictions, amid potential Omicron surge
Saskatchewan's top doctor says Omicron numbers are expected to rise in the province - it's just a question of when and how much.Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says Omicron is also all b...
Dec 22, 2021