Tag Archives: Health
'I prefer people be honest': Quebec coroner urges witnesses at Echaquan inquest
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner inquiring into the death of an Indigenous woman who filmed herself being humiliated by hospital staff implored health-care workers on Monday to be honest in their testimony...
May 17, 2021
New LSSD COVID cases, Macklin School re-opens
Living Sky School Division had five cases of COVID-19 in the region last week.Four of those individual cases were found at North Battleford Comprehensive High School, while the other was reported from...
May 17, 2021
Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked ...
May 17, 2021
Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked ...
May 17, 2021
Boys born prematurely and very small age faster as men, study suggests
Canadian researchers who tracked a group of men who were born prematurely at a weight of less than 2.2 pounds are finding they tend to age more quickly than male babies with average birth weights. The...
May 17, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 17, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 17, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 317,066 new vaccinations administered for a total of 18,415,536 ...
May 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, May 17, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 17, 2021. There are 1,328,582 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,328,582 confirmed cases (70,341 active, 1,2...
May 16, 2021
Provinces push forward on vaccination amid lingering questions after Fortin departure
Canadian provinces continued to take steps towards hitting their COVID-19 vaccination targets on Sunday even as questions linger after the departure of the senior military officer in charge of the nat...
May 16, 2021
Feds face growing calls for answers after general overseeing vaccine effort sidelined
OTTAWA - The federal government faced growing calls for answers from experts and political opponents alike on Sunday amid lingering questions about the abrupt reassignment of the military general who ...
May 16, 2021
People with disabilities even more alone during pandemic: cerebral palsy spokeswoman
YELLOWKNIFE - Riley Oldford is usually out playing sledge hockey or hanging out with friends, but since the start of the pandemic he's mostly been at home. The 16-year-old, who has cerebral palsy and ...
May 16, 2021