Tag Archives: Health
Quebec premier says COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for health-care workers
MONTREAL - Health-care workers in Quebec will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1, Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday. While 90 per cent of health-care workers in the provi...
Aug 17, 2021
Trudeau follows Singh, promising 'consequences' for unvaccinated federal workers
OTTAWA - Public servants who can get vaccinated and choose not to will face "consequences" for their decision if the Liberals are returned to power, Justin Trudeau said Tuesday as the issue of vaccine...
Aug 17, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the provinces and territories have been releasing their reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each ...
Aug 17, 2021
Midwest Food Resources opens third community garden project
Midwest Food Resources has now started a third community garden project in North Battleford. Board chair Claude Desnoyers says the non-profit organization recognized a need for a third garden to grow ...
Aug 16, 2021
'A serious situation': COVID-19 cases force two N.W.T. communities into lockdown
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is mandating masks, banning gatherings and closing non-essential businesses in two communities where COVID-19 cases have been identified. There was one confirme...
Aug 16, 2021
'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...
Aug 16, 2021
Nursing grads say pandemic experience pushing them out of Quebec hospitals
MONTREAL - Nursing students and recent graduates from nursing programs in Quebec say working conditions in the province's public health-care system are pushing them into the private sector, further ex...
Aug 15, 2021
Canada to buy 40 million Moderna COVID-19 doses in next two years: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will buy another 40 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine over the next two years. Trudeau tweeted about the agreement with the Massachusetts-b...
Aug 14, 2021
Saskatchewan universities mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for staff and students
SASKATOON - Two universities in Saskatchewan have joined a growing number of post-secondary institutions in the country requiring staff and students to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The University of Sa...
Aug 13, 2021
Another 125 new cases of COVID-19 in province, 893 cases currently active
The province is reporting a second day of triple digit new COVID-19 cases in the province. There are 125 new cases confirmed today, bringing the total to 51,034 reported cases; 893 cases considered ac...
Aug 13, 2021