Tag Archives: Health
Sask. Rivers MLA promises to carry on, despite alleged exposure to bullying and coercion
This legislative session represents Nadine Wilson's first as an independent member of the legislative assembly (MLA), and within the first two days she has made her voice heard.On Thursday, the Offici...
Oct 28, 2021
Increased exposure to COVID-19 in Nipawin
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of an increased exposure risk of COVID-19 in Nipawin.On Oct. 16 at 7 p.m., a person attended the Gospel Meeting at the Generation Event Centre at 702 10 Av...
Oct 28, 2021
Senators will need to be fully vaccinated to set foot in Senate chamber
OTTAWA - Senators will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if they want to participate in person in Senate proceedings. Senate Speaker George Furey announced the new policy Thursday following...
Oct 28, 2021
Yukon to offer booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine starting with people aged 50 and up
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be available starting Monday for eligible residents aged 50 and up. It says the booster shots will be rolled out in phases...
Oct 28, 2021
Ontario legislature condemns member's COVID-19 posts, calls for apology
TORONTO - The Ontario legislature unanimously called Thursday on an Independent member who has been publicly opposed to COVID-19 vaccines and pandemic-related lockdowns to apologize for "a string of d...
Oct 28, 2021
Eleven new deaths reported today in COVID-19 provincial update; 237 new cases
Eleven new deaths were reported today by the provincial government bringing the total to 843 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 who have died.Also reported today were 237 new confirmed cases of COVI...
Oct 28, 2021
B.C. Premier John Horgan to undergo biopsy surgery for growth in his throat
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan said the discovery of a growth in his throat requires immediate biopsy surgery, but he plans to stay on the job. Horgan said he's been in and out of the...
Oct 28, 2021
Critics hope new cabinet will put a stop to drug-price regulation changes
OTTAWA - Critics of a major drug-price overhaul hope a fresh federal cabinet will put a temporary stop to the new regulations set to take effect in January. The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (...
Oct 28, 2021
Winnipeg police believe stabbing in hospital may be linked to two homicides
WINNIPEG - Police in Manitoba were working Thursday to make sense of the discovery of two bodies in different homes and a brazen stabbing in a crowded hospital atrium. "It's not often that we have thr...
Oct 28, 2021
Two workers killed in scaffold collapse at Quebec paper mill identified
WINDSOR, Que. - Two workers who became trapped under a tangle of debris inside a Quebec paper mill when a scaffold collapsed this week were being mourned Thursday after the recovery of their bodies du...
Oct 28, 2021