Tag Archives: Health
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...
Jun 25, 2021
52 new COVID-19 cases, 55 recoveries, no new deaths
There are 52 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 48,590 cases. This is the first time since Monday where cases have exceeded 50.The new cases ...
Jun 24, 2021
COVID-19 cases identified in two Sask. Rivers schools
The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division announced on Thursday that COVID-19 cases in two of their schools have been identified by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.One positive COVID-19 case was found...
Jun 24, 2021
Céline Dion says she had nothing to do with photo of her in Las Vegas hockey gear
MONTREAL - Cline Dion says she had nothing to do with a photo that appeared to depict her dressed in Vegas Golden Knights gear and saw critics accuse her of abandoning her Quebec roots. The image, whi...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadians must be savvy in navigating COVID-19 expertise: observers
TORONTO - As scientific and medical discourse plays out in real time online and in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic, observers specializing in science and risk communication say Canadians must b...
Jun 24, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 516,201 new vaccinations administered for a total of 33,56...
Jun 23, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers. There are 1,410,927 confirmed ...
Jun 23, 2021
Eligibility for second COVID shots in Sask. to expand Thursday
The eligibility to get a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Saskatchewan is to reach its final stage Thursday.Starting at 8 a.m., everyone in the province over the age of 12 will become eligible onc...
Jun 23, 2021
Cheaper, more potent cannabis found in B.C. government-run stores: study
VANCOUVER - The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency rose between 2019 and 2020, says a new report that has a researcher raising questions about what i...
Jun 23, 2021
Seventeen Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020: Public Health Agency of Canada
OTTAWA - Canada's public health agency says the COVID-19 pandemic drove an increasingly deadly overdose crisis last year that continues to take lives and corrode communities. Grim new numbers from the...
Jun 23, 2021