Tag Archives: Health
Feds launch tourism fund to help tourism businesses avoid spiral of debt, Joly says
OTTAWA - The federal government is offering easy financing for the country's beleaguered tourism operators, which the minister in charge says should help companies mired in debt. The sector has been a...
Jul 12, 2021
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
OTTAWA - Canada will donate nearly 18 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to poorer countries, but is keeping millions of extra doses of mRNA vaccines for potential boosters as the World H...
Jul 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta is reporting a total of 90 COVID-19 cases over the last three days: 31 on Friday, 29 on Saturday and 30 on Sun...
Jul 12, 2021
Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses
OTTAWA - Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Th...
Jul 12, 2021
Health Canada pulls pre-rolled joints contaminated with yeast, mould and bacteria
Health Canada has issued a recall that could harsh some Canadians' cannabis buzz. The agency is pulling three batches of pre-rolled joints that may be contaminated with yeast, mould and bacteria. The ...
Jul 11, 2021
'Safe enough:' Thousands gather at Calgary Stampede's live music venue
CALGARY - A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof of a CO...
Jul 10, 2021
'All quality of life increases': long-term care residents set for Sunday boost
There's excitement ahead of the Sunday milestone when the province ends most COVID restrictions. Long-term care homes are no different in counting down the hours to a far more open environment for res...
Jul 09, 2021
Tri-communities behind in vaccination rates as province set to reopen
La Ronge Mayor Colin Ratushniak is urging tri-community residents to become vaccinated as soon as possible as all provincial COVID-19 health measures are set to be lifted Sunday. "We are not doing tha...
Jul 09, 2021
Thirty-six new cases reported today in the province; one death
The provincial government is reporting 36 new cases and 57 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today. This brings the provincial total to 49,198 cases; 48,224 total recoveries and 403 cases consi...
Jul 09, 2021
Proposed retreat for first responders gains support, while RM prepares to vote on land use application
The next week will be very important for a proposed retreat southwest of Prince Albert that will provide supports for first responders suffering from operational stress injuries (OSI).On Monday night,...
Jul 09, 2021