Tag Archives: Health
Nunavut starts offering COVID-19 vaccine boosters to those 12 and older
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has started offering COVID-19 vaccine boosters to residents who are ages 12 and older. People who want the third shot must have received their second dose of vaccine at leas...
Nov 05, 2021
PCR test requirements at the border need to be re-examined: Tam
OTTAWA - Test requirements for travellers vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Canadian border need to be re-examined, particularly for short trips, says the country's top doctor. On Friday the Canadian...
Nov 05, 2021
Pandemic likely to continue through the winter, says Canada's top doctor
OTTAWA - While the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly ebbing away, Canada's top doctor said that doesn't mean the pandemic is likely to end this winter - even with widespread vaccinations....
Nov 05, 2021
Province, North Battleford advocate carbon monoxide awareness
As Saskatchewan residents prepare for winter, doing a quick safety check is in everyone's best interest.The province designated November 1-7 as Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Week to highlight the imp...
Nov 05, 2021
'They're afraid they won't come back:' Petition wants elder care in Nunavut
IQALUIT - Aani Uqaitu hasn't been able to see her 89-year-old mother for six months since she was sent to a long-term care home 1,200 kilometres away from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. Uqaitu's mother, who has...
Nov 05, 2021
Alberta judge convicts man of assault for coughing on server in Calgary bar
CALGARY - A man who removed his mask and deliberately coughed on a server at a Calgary bar last year has been convicted of assault. In a decision released last week, provincial court Judge Heather Lam...
Nov 04, 2021
Tories to form 'mini-caucus' on vaccine mandates; MP says it's not about O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says she and other colleagues are forming what's shaping up to be a "mini-caucus" within the existing Tory caucus to advocate for Canadians concerned about the i...
Nov 04, 2021
Iqaluit's water emergency has so far cost $1.5M, city may ask Nunavut for aid
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit says it has spent $1.5 million to date during the city's water emergency and plans to request financial assistance from the Nunavut government. The capital's 8,0...
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. commerce secretary agrees to meet quarterly with Canada's industry minister
WASHINGTON - There may be gale-force winds of change in America's long-term political forecast, but Canada will keep pressing its case with the White House and Congress regardless of who ends up in co...
Nov 04, 2021
B.C. aims for higher vaccine rates among health-care workers
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says health authoritiesare speaking with each worker who has chosen not to get vaccinated in hopes of changing their minds, and the highest number of those emp...
Nov 04, 2021