Tag Archives: Health

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

P.A. doctors express COVID concerns at annual medical meeting
The strain COVID-19 continues to have on the healthcare system is by far the biggest concern for Prince Albert doctors.The Saskatchewan Medical Association finished their annual fall tour on Wednesday...
Oct 14, 2021

Discovery Co-op, Bridges Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. show support to Battlefords Interval House
Battlefords Interval House received some support from two local businesses and the community with a big donation Wednesday.Discovery Co-op and North Battleford's Bridges Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. in to...
Oct 14, 2021

Extendicare leaving Saskatchewan following province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak
REGINA - Extendicare, a national private long-term care provider, is ending its contract with the government of Saskatchewan after the province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak happened in one of its hom...
Oct 14, 2021

Canada can't do away with COVID-19 tests for travellers just yet, Freeland says
WASHINGTON - Canada still can't afford to take any chances when it comes to COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday - and that includes requiring travellers to show a negative ...
Oct 14, 2021

Bank of Canada, Liberals watching supply-chain issues weighing on economic rebound
OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada is warning that the faster pace of price increases may persist longer than first thought, and slow the pace of Canada's economic recovery, as global supply-chai...
Oct 14, 2021