Tag Archives: Health
B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccine card system good first step, medical group says
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's COVID-19 vaccine passport system is being praised by provincial groups representing doctors and the restaurant industry as unvaccinated residents continue to drive COVID...
Sep 08, 2021
COVID numbers continue to climb as province reports rare day of over 400 new cases
The province has reported another 405 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. This is only the fifth time since the pandemic began that the province has reported daily case numbers over 400.This includ...
Sep 08, 2021
'Health care workers are exhausted': P.A. Public Health Officer
Hospitals around the province are at capacity and without any changes, the health-care system will be overwhelmed with patients in the next two weeks, leading to serious challenges in allocating ICU b...
Sep 08, 2021
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