Tag Archives: Health
Public service employees in British Columbia must get vaccinated against COVID-19
VICTORIA - Social workers, sheriffs and administrative assistants are among an estimated 30,000 government employees in British Columbia who will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk l...
Oct 05, 2021
Gasoline sales plunge to lowest level in 20 years during first year of pandemic
OTTAWA - Pandemic lockdowns that left Canadian cars sitting idle in driveways and garages for weeks on end last year pushed gasoline use to its lowest level in two decades. But environmental experts s...
Oct 05, 2021
'Circuit-breaker' measures imposed to stop COVID-19 surge in New Brunswick
HALIFAX - The New Brunswick government is imposing a series of tough health-protection measures - including gathering limits during the Thanksgiving holiday - to stop a surge in COVID-19 cases that is...
Oct 05, 2021
Emergency services disruption for one week in Porcupine Plain
A week-long disruption to emergency services in Porcupine Plain has started today.From this morning at 8 a.m. until next Tuesday at 8 a.m., emergency services and outpatient services will not be avail...
Oct 05, 2021
Proof of vaccination required for staff with Sask. Rivers School Division
Staff at all public schools in Prince Albert will now need proof of vaccine or a negative COVID-19 test.At its recent board meeting, the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division approved new measure...
Oct 05, 2021
Black Lake outbreak officially declared over
The Athabasca Health Authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak that began more than 10 weeks ago in Black Lake to be over.That's according to primary health care executive director Taiwo Olubanwo, wh...
Oct 04, 2021
Fitness centres, classes adjusting to mandatory vaccination
As September turned to October, a new set of public health orders came into effect in Saskatchewan, most of which revolved around proof of vaccination. Anyone entering a large venue, a liquor store, o...
Oct 04, 2021
‘I am being penalized’: Former Sask Party MLA speaks out
A former member of the Saskatchewan Party who made waves over her vaccination status is speaking for the first time.Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson resigned from the party caucus last week after...
Oct 04, 2021
Canada must convince countries who reject mixed-dose travellers: travel association
OTTAWA - Convincing dubious countries to allow Canadians with mixed vaccines to travel across their borders may be tricky, but Canada has a responsibility to try, according to a director with the Asso...
Oct 04, 2021
Federal government could push provinces on vaccine mandate for workers, document says
OTTAWA - Senior federal officials were told in the spring that the government could make it mandatory for all workers countrywide to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Trudeau Liberals have promised to...
Oct 04, 2021