Tag Archives: Health
Canada has thrown away at least one million COVID-19 vaccine doses: survey
An informal survey shows that at least one million doses of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine supply have gone to waste. The Canadian Press asked health ministries across the country to provide the number of ...
Nov 19, 2021
More than 13K COVID cases in Sask. have been kids under 11
More than one-sixth of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 cases to date have been children under the age of 11.On Thursday, the provincial government's COVID dashboard changed the age groups of cases, separating...
Nov 18, 2021
BUH Foundation's Festival of Trees to kick off holiday season
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." That is the theme for this year's 2021 Festival of Trees; one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation,...
Nov 18, 2021
Feds to announce approval of kids' COVID-19 vaccine, easing of border measures Friday
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to announce Friday that Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, then later detail plans to ease some of the pandemic-relate...
Nov 18, 2021
Trudeau calls Three Amigos summit 'extremely effective,' but Biden unmoved on EVs
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to claim a moral victory Thursday after his day at the White House did little to defuse an escalating continental dispute over President Joe Biden's pl...
Nov 18, 2021
Canadian Medical Association urges federal government to protect health-care workers
OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to fulfil its promise to support health-care employees amid continuing online harassment of physicians and other workers. The...
Nov 18, 2021
'I don't know': Biden noncommittal on including Canadian vehicles in EV tax credit
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden isn't making any promises about whether he's willing to alter his controversial tax credit proposal for new electric vehicles. Biden, meeting with Prime Minister ...
Nov 18, 2021
Empty Stocking Fund campaign launches this week
The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre's Empty Stocking Fund will officially launch on Thursday for the 2021 holiday season.Through the program, families in need will receive Christmas hamp...
Nov 17, 2021
Saskatchewan surpasses 900 COVID-related deaths with four more reported today
The Saskatchewan government is reporting another 149 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, 105 of which are among unvaccinated individuals, including 44 children between the ages of 0-11.Four new dea...
Nov 17, 2021
N.L. cyberattack shows Canada needs national rules to protect personal data: experts
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system is yet another urgent signal that Canada needs better rules around protecting personal health information from hack...
Nov 17, 2021