Tag Archives: Health

Province adds to Public Health Order requiring proof of vaccination in more venues
The Government of Saskatchewan has made a change to the existing Public Health Order adding venues that will require proof of vaccination or a negative test.According to a media release, you will need...
Oct 15, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc in B.C. next week
OTTAWA - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit next Monday. The Oct. 18 trip follows his apology to Chief Rosanne Casimir for not hav...
Oct 15, 2021

Canada heading for flu season in the middle of fourth wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA - The country could be heading for its first typical flu season since the pandemic began, even as health systems are still battling the fourth wave of COVID-19, Canada's top doctor warns. Last ...
Oct 15, 2021

Flu shots urged to protect healthcare system
Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to roll up their sleeves and get their flu vaccines.Dr. Tania Diener, a medical health officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, urged people to get the ...
Oct 15, 2021

CDC says people with mixed-dose COVID-19 vaccinations will be eligible to enter U.S.
WASHINGTON - It's the news nearly four million Canadians have been waiting to hear: people who received doses of two different COVID-19 vaccines will qualify as fully vaccinated when the U.S. reopens ...
Oct 15, 2021

Ottawa eyes tasking airport security with vaccine verification for travellers
OTTAWA - Airport security agents may soon be screening more than your luggage. The federal government is mulling handing responsibility for verifying passengers' vaccination status to airport officers...
Oct 15, 2021

Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure
RED DEER, Alta. - When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn...
Oct 15, 2021

What'sHappeningNOW Oct. 14, 2021
Senior reporter Jaryn Vecchio talks about the strain COVID-19 continues to have on the healthcare system.
Oct 14, 2021

Sask. vaccination rates ‘skewed’ by former residents inoculated elsewhere, Merriman says
Health Minister Paul Merriman believes the province's vaccination rates are being underestimated because of Saskatchewan expatriates who have been inoculated against COVID-19 elsewhere."We have a whol...
Oct 14, 2021

Top doctor brings in more rules for northern B.C. as COVID spreads
VICTORIA - New restrictions for British Columbia's northern health region are being put in place in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 through those who are unvaccinated. Personal gatheri...
Oct 14, 2021