Tag Archives: Health
Quebec's Nunavik region struggling with COVID, has highest infection rate in province
MONTREAL - The health board governing Quebec's Nunavik region says the COVID-19 situation in the northern territory is worse than it's ever been. Health officials reported 30 new cases Monday across t...
Nov 09, 2021
'We miss our friends': N.Y. town eager for Canadians to return as land border reopens
MONTREAL - Residents of a New York border town say they're eager to welcome Canadians now that the United States has eased land border restrictions, but they worry that costly COVID-19 testing rules w...
Nov 09, 2021
The Money: Today's veterans fighting Ottawa for equality with previous generations
OTTAWA - When his son was nearly killed by an anti-personnel mine in Afghanistan in 2010, Jim Scott had no idea he was about to embark on a multi-year legal battle with the federal government on behal...
Nov 09, 2021
Yukon to introduce proof-of-vaccination in response to rising COVID-19 cases
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government has declared a state of emergency and announced a series of public health rules aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, including a proof-of-vaccination requirement ...
Nov 08, 2021
Deja doc: Calgary surgeon saves 2 men with CPR, then performs their heart operations
CALGARY - Dr. Corey Adams should perhaps buy himself a superhero costume. Adams, a cardiac surgeon at the University of Calgary's Libin Cardiovascular Institute, has saved two men in the past 18 month...
Nov 08, 2021
Prince Albert Chamber offers drive-thru option for rapid test pick-up
Anyone in need of a COVID-19 rapid test kit can literally drive by the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce building this week.A drive-thru pick up option is being offered Tuesday and Wednes...
Nov 08, 2021
One-hundred new cases of COVID-19 reported today, 20 in Northern regions
One-hundred new cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the provincial government.Sixty-two of the cases identified are among unvaccinated individuals with 29 among children between the ages of 0-11....
Nov 08, 2021
Lack of demographic data leaving potential gaps in COVID-19 vaccine policy
OTTAWA - A dearth of data about who is getting COVID-19 vaccines and who is not could be causing people of certain races or socio-economic backgrounds to fall through the cracks, according to several ...
Nov 08, 2021
More than 19K Canadian lives ended than if pandemic never happened: Stats Can
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says more than 19,000 Canadians lost their lives during COVID-19 than would have been expected had the pandemic never happened. The report highlights the deadly toll COVID-1...
Nov 08, 2021
Erin O'Toole says COVID-19 vaccine comments by Tory MPs Gladu, Lewis are not helpful
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole sayscomments about COVID-19 vaccines by some members of his caucus are not helpful and are spreading uncertainty about immunization, but he will deal with those issues privately ...
Nov 08, 2021