Tag Archives: Health
Quebec offers bonuses up to $18,000 to keep nurses in struggling health system
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is budgeting $1 billion to offer full-time nurses bonuses of up to $18,000 as it tries to prevent more of them from leaving the public health-care system and to entice t...
Sep 23, 2021
‘Misnomer:’ Sask. doctors say vaccine exemption letters not an alternative to COVID shots
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan is providing guidance for its members to clear up some misunderstandings about patients seeking vaccine exemption letters.The problem lies with t...
Sep 23, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at La Ronge RCMP detachment
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the RCMP detachment in La Ronge.The SHA declared the outbreak status on Monday, making it the sixth active outbreak in the F...
Sep 23, 2021
Families sharply rebuke private Montreal care home where 47 died in COVID-19 1st wave
MONTREAL - Family members who lost loved ones at a Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave told a coroner's inquest Thursday that caring for society's most v...
Sep 23, 2021
Suspected outbreak at Parkside Extendicare according to SHA
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there is a suspected outbreak of COVID-19 at Parkside Extendicare in Regina.It is located in the nursing home's south wing and visitation has been restricted, th...
Sep 22, 2021
N.W.T. top doctor says health system is stretched, adds new orders
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is introducing stricter public health measures and extending current orders as the territory continues to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. Starting Saturday, ...
Sep 22, 2021
Owner of Quebec care home where 47 died during pandemic testifies at coroner inquest
MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government offici...
Sep 22, 2021
Canada paused COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply far exceeds demand
OTTAWA - Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer...
Sep 22, 2021
Hawks to hummingbirds: Study finds roads quieted by COVID-19 fill with birdsong
New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead. University of Manitoba scientists led a study drawing on millions of sightings by amateur birders acros...
Sep 22, 2021
Province reports 426 new cases, 80 per cent among unvaccinated
Another 426 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the provincial government, as well as five new deaths in Saskatchewan.Nearly a quarter of cases are among the 0-11 age range alone wi...
Sep 22, 2021