Tag Archives: Health
Cities are adapting to a heat wave in a pandemic that has closed many cool places
Cities in Eastern Canada are adapting their heat wave-response plans, as pandemic restrictions have closed many places where people normally go to beat the heat. In Ottawa, where a heat warning was is...
Jun 07, 2021
What you missed this weekend: COVID cases drop, vaccines hit 800,000
Large, rising figures on one end, dropping, lower numbers on the other.The COVID-19 snapshot for Saskatchewan looks a lot different for the first Monday of June compared to May. This Monday, the provi...
Jun 07, 2021
Canada's border agency urgently developing biometric plans in response to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's border agency has an "urgent need" to hire a global technology firm to help develop a biometric strategy in response to rapidly evolving issues including COVID-19. The Canada Border ...
Jun 07, 2021
Six COVID cases at St. John Community School
Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified six positive COVID-19 cases in individuals at St. John Community School.In a media release, the P.A. Catholic School Division said communication has been s...
Jun 07, 2021
Nunavut lifts 14-day quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Travellers who have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine will soon be exempt from a 14-day stay in Nunavut's government-run isolation hotels. Starting next Monday, fully vaccinat...
Jun 07, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, June 7, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:20 p.m. B.C. health officials say 72 per cent of all residents aged 12 and up have received their first dose of COVID-19 vacci...
Jun 07, 2021
Canada to receive 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week
OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive 2.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as more Canadians get their first and second jabs. Those shots are the only expected shipmen...
Jun 07, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, June 7, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 04:00 a.m. ET on Monday June 7, 2021. There are 1,392,563 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,392,563 confirmed cases (24,194 active, 1,...
Jun 06, 2021
Lowest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases since Feb. 24
The Government of Saskatchewan reported just 73 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday- making it the lowest one-day total recorded in the past 102 days.The last time there was a lower daily total of new cases ...
Jun 06, 2021
Weekend brings lower COVID-19 counts across much of Canada
OTTAWA - Signs of summer's pending arrival were greeted with other reasons for hope across much of Canada over the weekend as several provinces reported their lowest number of new COVID-19 infections ...
Jun 06, 2021