Tag Archives: Health
Data breaches in N.L. cyberattack spread, three of four health regions affected
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Wednesday that more data breaches have been found in the fallout of a cyberattack that has damaged crucial parts of it health-care ...
Nov 10, 2021
COVID-19 cases surge in Yukon, double vaccinated cases rising, says health officer
WHITEHORSE - Yukon may have led Canada's vaccination rates earlier this year, but the swift return of COVID-19 in the territory was inevitable and has prompted a return to tighter restrictions, Premie...
Nov 10, 2021
Province creates safe access zones for health-care workers, patients
The Saskatchewan government is looking to take better care of its health-care workers at their workplaces.On Wednesday, the government introduced The Public Health (Safe Access to Hospitals) Amendment...
Nov 10, 2021
Trudeau to join Biden, López Obrador in D.C. at first North America summit since 2016
WASHINGTON - Canada, the United States and Mexico are getting the band back together. U.S. President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador a...
Nov 10, 2021
War veteran Trevor Greene gives experience to Surrey, B.C., Veterans Village project
Canadian war veteran Trevor Greene knows what it's like to navigate treatment after a life-threatening injury, combined with post-traumatic stress, prompting his decisionto take on an advising role at...
Nov 10, 2021
Dr. Bayda recipient of SMA's Physician Leader of the Year award
La Ronge's Dr. Michael Bayda is the recipient of the 2021 Physician Leader of the Year award from the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA).It was announced during the SMA's Fall Representative Assem...
Nov 09, 2021
Participants needed for information session about dogs
Tri-community residents are invited to attend a research session on Nov. 24 regarding dogs in the area. It's part of the La Ronge Regional Animal Research and Advisory Circle and is composed of facult...
Nov 09, 2021
Bolivia calls on Canada to waive patent and export COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is facing mounting pressure to waive the patent on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to allow a Canadian manufacturer to export a low-cost version to Bolivia....
Nov 09, 2021
Double digit day for new cases in the province, first since Aug. 16
As of Nov. 9 there are 86 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 60 who were unvaccinated with 28 being between 0-11.This is the lowest daily total since Aug. 10, 2021 and the first day we've reported less ...
Nov 09, 2021
Sask. hopes to soon resume some cancelled health services, including organ donation
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has released a plan that will include the resumption of a variety of health services that were paused across the province as healthcare workers were redeployed to hel...
Nov 09, 2021