Tag Archives: Health
Ottawa doctor pleads for help from the prime minister after death threat
OTTAWA - An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect hea...
Nov 11, 2021
Eight more COVID-19 deaths reported in province, 182 new cases
The province reported another 182 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Nov. 11, bringing the total to 79,212 reported cases.Of the new cases, 33 were identified in Northern Saskatchewan;...
Nov 11, 2021
Military faces cold weather issues as it pumps clean drinking water in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A flowing river that turns to solid ice in October, freezing pipes and frosty arctic temperatures are all routine for Nunavummiut. But those issues were a first for a water treatmen...
Nov 11, 2021
'We can't tolerate that': issues with former Prince Albert youth group home highlighted in report from Child Advocate
Examples of neglect, untrained staff, and just overall mismanagement at a now defunct Prince Albert group home, are laid out in a report this week from Saskatchewan's Child and Youth Advocate.The repo...
Nov 10, 2021
Health Canada funds training program for service dogs for veterans with PTSD
OTTAWA - Health Canada is funding special schooling for service-dog trainers to teach the animals to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The online training course, funded by the depart...
Nov 10, 2021
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