Tag Archives: Health
Canada delays new drug-pricing regulations until January 2022
OTTAWA - The first big overhaul of Canada's patented medicines pricing regime in three decades is being delayed for the third time. The Patented Medicine Pricing Review Board is supposed to ensure pri...
Jun 29, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta is reporting 61 new cases of COVID-19 and four new deaths. The province says there are 1,132 active cases and,...
Jun 29, 2021
'You forget how tall you are': Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco able to stand during physio
CALGARY - Behind his face mask, sweat glistening on his forehead, Ryan Straschnitzki was smiling. The 22-year-old, paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey ...
Jun 29, 2021
17 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths reported in Saskatchewan
The Government of Saskatchewan reported just 17 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. That's the lowest one-day total since before the first wave came into the province. To find a day when less cases were rep...
Jun 28, 2021
Diamond North Credit Union donates $11,000 towards Harley's Garden
Donations continue to pour in for a community garden project in Prince Albert's west flat. On Monday, Diamond North Credit Union contributed $11,000 towards Harley's Community Garden. Business develop...
Jun 28, 2021
U.K. study reports mixing AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines produces better immunity
OTTAWA - A vaccine study in the United Kingdom reports that getting a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine four weeks after a dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca produced a much stronger immune response than tw...
Jun 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, June 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:55 p.m. The Northwest Territories is no longer requiring masks to be worn in public places in Yellowknife and three other comm...
Jun 28, 2021
Nearly 30 per cent of respondents broke COVID-19 restrictions: Canada-wide survey
SASKATOON - Almost 30 per cent of respondents in a newly released Canada-wide survey admitted to breaking COVID-19 rules - and felt justified doing so. The survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and S...
Jun 28, 2021
VIDO vaccine to be put to test this summer in Saskatoon
The vaccine developed by the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is coming to Saskatoon for its clinical trial testing.The trial testing is expected to begi...
Jun 27, 2021
Province reports 48 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.The new cases located in northern Saskatchewan are in the following zones: Far North West, six; Far North Central, ...
Jun 27, 2021