Tag Archives: Health
Province one per cent away from Step Three threshold
The Government of Saskatchewan is urging residents to get vaccinated, especially with the province so close to beginning Step Three of the the Re-Opening Roadmap. If just one per cent of Saskatchewan ...
Jun 14, 2021
Experts divided on easing COVID-19 rules for fully vaccinated adults
As provinces accelerate their efforts to get their populations fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are calls for the federal government to issue clear guidance on what people can do once they rec...
Jun 14, 2021
Pfizer, AstraZeneca preventing hospitalizations from Delta variant in Britain
OTTAWA - A new study in England suggests even just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are extremely good at keeping people from ending up in the hospital if they contract ...
Jun 14, 2021
B.C. to ease pandemic restrictions, provincial travel, indoor activities allowed
VICTORIA - Health restrictions will be eased on indoor gatherings, group activities and travel within British Columbia on Tuesday as COVID-19 immunization rates rise and case counts decline, Premier J...
Jun 14, 2021
Canadian business leaders demand plan to reopen borders, economy now
OTTAWA - Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process as they struggle ...
Jun 14, 2021
Canada's vaccine donations to COVAX to come only from its COVAX supply: Gould
OTTAWA - Canada's promise to donate almost 13 million vaccine doses to the global vaccine sharing alliance known as COVAX includes none of the 251 million doses of vaccine Canada bought directly from ...
Jun 14, 2021
Iqaluit school's contacts and classmates cleared after two COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says there are no additional cases of COVID-19 at Iqaluit's Aqsarniit middle school after two students tested positive. With an outbreak ongoin...
Jun 14, 2021
Four cases of COVID-19 at North Battleford Catholic schools
Light of Christ Catholic School Division is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 in North Battleford schools, including three at Notre Dame School.Each case was reported on consecutive days from June ...
Jun 14, 2021
Canadian producers hoping U.S. eases cannabis prohibitions nervously eyeing calendar
WASHINGTON - Canada's cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration's narrow legislative w...
Jun 14, 2021
Canada to receive 9.5M vaccine doses this week thanks to influx of Moderna shots
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive around 9.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna. The federal government says the Massachusetts-based pharmac...
Jun 14, 2021