Tag Archives: Health
COVID-19 resurgence forecast for Canada, worse if Omicron replaces Delta: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada is forecast to see a resurgence of COVID-19 and it could speed up even more if the Omicron variant replaces Delta, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday. New federal ...
Dec 10, 2021
Waning COVID-19 vaccine availability for ages 5 to 11 on Saturday
Parents in the Battlefords have just a few days of COVID-19 vaccination availability for five to 11 year olds left in 2021.Access to supplies of the Pfizer vaccine specifically for this age group of c...
Dec 10, 2021
Homeless shelter busy with recent colder temperatures
The Battlefords homeless shelter is seeing a lot of traffic these days as more homeless people seek a safe place to escape the cold.Miwasin Kikinaw: Our Home is Good located in North Battleford is ope...
Dec 10, 2021
Uncertain if Liberals can pass two remaining priority bills before Christmas break
OTTAWA - It's one down and two to go with only a week left for the federal Liberal government to win parliamentary approval of priority legislation before an extended Christmas break. The government h...
Dec 10, 2021
Rapid tests advised by Ontario experts in COVID fight, Quebec sending them for kids
TORONTO - Rapid COVID-19 tests can help stop transmission and could be valuable tools in workplaces and schools, Ontario experts said Thursday, while Quebec announced test kits for kids amid calls for...
Dec 09, 2021
Far North Central sees lowest uptake so far in vaccinations for kids five to 11
Since the province started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to kids ages 5 to 11 in Saskatchewan two weeks ago, 39,051 have received their first dose.According to the province's dashboard, 1,763 ki...
Dec 09, 2021
Saskatchewan reveals plans to reduce surgical wait times, increase ICU beds
Saskatchewan is taking steps to eliminate the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19, and to create more intensive care beds for patients.On Thursday, the government and the Saskatchewan Health Authority...
Dec 09, 2021
Five Things from the auditor general's report on the federal response to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Auditor general Karen Hogan released several reports on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five key highlights: Poor quarantine enforcement for international...
Dec 09, 2021
Auditor criticizes pandemic border measure enforcement, other COVID-19 responses
OTTAWA - The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the gove...
Dec 09, 2021
X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university
HALIFAX - An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. As of Thursday, 59 infections ha...
Dec 09, 2021