Tag Archives: Health
Montreal protesters urge government to allow dance floors to reopen
MONTREAL - A large crowd of Montrealers held a large dance party on Mount Royal on Saturday to urge the Quebec government to reverse its ban on dancing in bars and clubs. A DJ blasted music over a lou...
Oct 23, 2021
Minister says pandemic help, including military support, approved for Saskatchewan
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government has approved a request for pandemic aid in Saskatchewan, including military support. Blair issued a series of tweets saying the g...
Oct 23, 2021
O'Toole's Tories outliers in Canadian politics for keeping vaccination status secret
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives' refusal to disclose how many of their elected members are fully vaccinated makes them something of an outlier in the Canadian political sphere. Most federal and pro...
Oct 23, 2021
BUH Foundation lottery lands Meadow Lake winner with $10,000
Another round of prize money was handed out from the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation.The organization's 27th Annual $100,000 Cash Lottery, whose proceeds go to their capital campaign for the OR,...
Oct 22, 2021
More ICU transfers from Sask. to Ontario planned for next week, SPSA says
By the end of the weekend, there will be nine critically ill Saskatchewan patients in Ontario hospitals, according to the president of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA).And President Marlo ...
Oct 22, 2021
Sen. Forest-Niesing hospitalized despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19
OTTAWA - Sen. Jose Forest-Niesing is in hospital after contracting COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated. Her office says the 56-year-old Sudbury senator is no longer in intensive care and is hopef...
Oct 22, 2021
COVID exposure reported at ANAVETS Club
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning residents about an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 in Prince Albert.The SHA said a person or persons infected were at the ANAVETS Club on Oct....
Oct 22, 2021
Maj.-Gen. Fortin appeals judge's ruling on reinstatement to COVID-19 vaccine campaign
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is challenging a Federal Court judge's ruling that struck down his request for reinstatement as head of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign. The senior milit...
Oct 22, 2021
Three-hundred new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths reported today by provincial government
The province announced 300 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today with 225 cases among unvaccinated individuals and 99 among children between the ages of 0-11.Twelve new deaths were also reported today...
Oct 22, 2021
Privacy czar probing complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog is investigating "a number of complaints" about the government's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for public servants. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said i...
Oct 22, 2021