Tag Archives: Health
Nunavut shuts seven health centres temporarily because of nursing shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government says it will temporarily close seven health centres in the territory this summer because it doesn't have enough nurses to staff them. Health minister Lorne Ku...
Jul 16, 2021
With Delta variant on the march, Canada eyes mid-August to welcome back U.S. visitors
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials issued more ominous warnings about COVID-19's dangerous Delta cousin Friday just as Canada finally started floating the prospect of letting fully vaccinated American...
Jul 16, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jul 16, 2021
Aiming to allow vaccinated Americans into Canada by mid-August: PM to premiers
WASHINGTON - Canada is getting ready to welcome the world again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quietly indicated late Thursday as his office disclosed a target of mid-August for when the border might ...
Jul 15, 2021
B.C. expands access to safer drug alternatives for people at risk of overdose
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister has announced a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic ...
Jul 15, 2021
Half of active cases currently in Sask. northern zones
Thirty new cases of COVID-19 have been reported by the provincial government. This brings the provincial total to 49,341 cases; 48,395 recoveries and 373 cases considered active.Cases that are current...
Jul 15, 2021
Cruise ships allowed to sail in Canadian waters starting Nov. 1
VICTORIA - The federal government says cruise ships will be allowed back in Canadian waters in November, but they must follow public health requirements. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the proh...
Jul 15, 2021
Transport Canada to lift ban on cruise ships in November, months earlier than planned
OTTAWA - Canada's cruise ship ban will end in November, a few months ahead of schedule. Cruise ships haven't been allowed in Canadian waters or ports for more than a year because of COVID-19 and the b...
Jul 15, 2021
First Nations leaders welcome Quebec nurses' admission about racism in health system
MONTREAL - The recent acknowledgment by Quebec's order of nurses that systemic racism exists in the health-care system shows human values at their greatest, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador C...
Jul 15, 2021
Atlantic provinces dispose of thousands of doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccine
FREDERICTON - Provinces in Atlantic Canada have had to dispose of thousands of doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in recent weeks after demand dried up and they expired. Prince Edward Island...
Jul 15, 2021