Tag Archives: Health
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
BRT6HC gives COVID-19 vaccines at Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords
It was a busy day at the Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords Wednesday, as the Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre (BRT6HC) visited to give COVID-19 vaccinations.Clients as well as some staff were gett...
Jun 23, 2021
Canadiens' success leading to business boom for Montreal bars after COVID-19 closures
MONTREAL - Kevin Beaudry says there has never been a better time to be operating a restaurant in Montreal. The manager of La Cage sports bar and restaurant at the Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Can...
Jun 23, 2021
COVID-19 cases continue to drop in province
For the third consecutive day, there have been less than 50 new COVID-19 cases reported. There were 32 new cases announced in Wednesday's COVID-19 update from the Government of Saskatchewan after 36 w...
Jun 23, 2021
Park use in Canada soared during COVID, creating challenges for cities, survey finds
MONTREAL - A new survey has found that Canadians have flocked to their local parks during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating both challenges and opportunities for cities. The survey by charity organizati...
Jun 23, 2021
Feds ask court to keep documents related to scientists' firing under wraps
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is asking the Federal Court to prohibit disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest-security laboratory. In doing so, it is chal...
Jun 23, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 482,991 new vaccinations administered for a total of 33,049,...
Jun 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers. There are 1,410,206 confirmed ca...
Jun 22, 2021
JRMCC preparing for lifting of all public health measures next month
Staff at Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) are preparing for July 11, when all public health orders in Saskatchewan are scheduled to be lifted. As of June 20, youth and indoor sports mea...
Jun 22, 2021
36 new COVID-19 cases; vaccines given exceed 1 million
The Government of Saskatchewan reported another low number of new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, as there were just 36 new cases, well below the weekly average of 67. In fact, that weekly average is the l...
Jun 22, 2021