Tag Archives: Health
Increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 after events in Prince Albert and Birch Hills
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reporting an increased risk of exposure in Prince Albert and Birch Hills after a pair of events last month.On Aug. 28 in Birch Hills a person or persons was ...
Sep 08, 2021
'A horror story:' Quebec health worker recalls shocking scene at Herron care home
MONTREAL - Health officials who arrived at a Montreal-area long-term care home during a COVID-19 outbreak last year found residents who were desperate for water and had been left in beds soaked with u...
Sep 08, 2021
Mandatory face masks at all city owned facilities beginning Friday
If you put them away it's time to dig them back out: non-medical face masks will be mandatory in all city owned facilities effective Sept.10.The decision by Prince Albert city council comes after an i...
Sep 08, 2021
Yukon launches online COVID-19 vaccine credential system
WHITEHORSE - Yukon is launching an online COVID-19 vaccine credential system, with the territory's premier saying there are no immediate plans for a vaccine mandate seen in other provinces and territo...
Sep 07, 2021
Rock and Iron bar in P.A. closed due to COVID
The Rock and Iron bar and restaurant at Prince Albert's Golf and Curling Club has decided to close temporarily due to COVID. Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has issued a notice of i...
Sep 07, 2021
Owners of care home didn't co-operate with health authority, Quebec inquest hears
MONTREAL - The former owners of a long-term care home where dozens of people died of COVID-19 early in the pandemic refused to fully co-operate with the local health authorities and threatened not to ...
Sep 07, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor says vaccine card could help move beyond COVID-19 disruption
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says the province's vaccination card will keep the province's economy running after an "unacceptable surge" in cases, mostly among those who are unvaccinated. Joh...
Sep 07, 2021
Feds ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals
WASHINGTON - The federal government welcomed fully vaccinated foreign nationals back to Canadian soil Tuesday as frustrated families on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border urged Congress to find out ...
Sep 07, 2021
Over 300 new daily COVID cases in the province for fourth consecutive day
The provincial government is confirming another 393 new cases of COVID-19 Monday.This includes 208 new cases in the northern zones: Far North West (25), Far North East (23), North West (65), North Cen...
Sep 06, 2021
Canada, U.S. got smart about border 20 years ago, but not smart enough, say critics
WASHINGTON - The frontier between Canada and the United States used to be known as the world's longest "undefended" border - a misnomer that largely vanished in the chaos of Sept. 11, 2001. Other myth...
Sep 04, 2021