Tag Archives: Health
COVID outbreak declared at Muskoday First Nation
Due to ongoing community transmission, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) has officially declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Muskoday First Nation.As of Monday, there were 14 active cases and three people i...
Sep 21, 2021
'Welcome news': P.A. daycare provider eagerly waiting COVID vaccine for children
Children between the ages of five and 11 may soon be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Monday they believe providing these kids with a smaller dose of their already app...
Sep 21, 2021
Quebec coroner questions why more wasn't done for neglected Herron residents
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner overseeing an inquest into long-term care deaths questioned Tuesday why more wasn't done to help residents at a Montreal-area home where dozens died. Coroner Ghane Kamel ...
Sep 21, 2021
Town of Nipawin announces launch of two outdoor SaveStation wall mounts
The Town of Nipawin has announced the unveiling of 2 AED-containing SaveStations in the heart of the community, made possible with a generous donation from the Canadian Pacific (CP) Has Heart communit...
Sep 21, 2021
Masks mandatory across Nunavut; new COVID-19 cases confirmed in two communities
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 two days after the territory reinstated its mask mandate. There is one new case in Kinngait on Baffin Island and one in Kugluktuk in t...
Sep 21, 2021
Postelection, should Ottawa be making a bigger fuss about Canada-U.S. border?
WASHINGTON - Experts are wondering if it's time for Canada to take a fresh approach to its relationship with the United States. Journalist and author Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Fo...
Sep 21, 2021
Car hits 9 people at Quebec polling station; status of 77-year-old woman 'uncertain'
MONTREAL - Police say the condition of a 77-year-old woman is uncertain after she was among nine people hit by a car outside a polling station in a Montreal suburb Monday evening. Sgt. Vronique Comtoi...
Sep 21, 2021
Proof of vaccination now required for Lac La Ronge Indian Band
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) has now mandated vaccine passports at several Band facilities.In a press release, the LLRIB said effective Monday proof of vaccination is now required at non-comme...
Sep 21, 2021
Pfizer Canada cites 'urgency' in plans to seek authorization for kids' COVID vaccine
Pfizer Canada says it plans to provide Health Canada with data showing its COVID-19 vaccine works for children in a bid to seek authorization "as early as possible." Pfizer said Monday its research sh...
Sep 20, 2021
White House plan to allow foreign visitors silent on easing Canada-U.S. restrictions
WASHINGTON - The White House overhauled some of its international travel restrictions Monday, but left in place a controversial ban on travel across the Canada-U.S. land border even as it announced th...
Sep 20, 2021