Tag Archives: Health
Moe again urges younger people to get COVID vaccines
Premier Scott Moe believes Saskatchewan's seniors have thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.Now he wants younger people in the province to pick it up."We're happy with the u...
May 12, 2021
P.A. restaurateur warns against anti-COVID measure 'callousness'
It may be 11,000 kilometres away but the desperately tragic COVID-19 situation in India is close to home for a Prince Albert man. Spice Trail restaurant owner Harry Rai, whose family hails from the no...
May 12, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, May 11, Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 340,259 new vaccinations administered for a total of 16,597,9...
May 11, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. There are 1,299,572 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,299,572 confirmed cases (78,039 active,...
May 11, 2021
186 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths, residents 26 and older eligible for vaccines starting tomorrow
As per the provinces provincial age-based immunization program, which currently sits at age 29 and older, eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine will expand to age 26 and older, effective at 8 a.m. tomo...
May 11, 2021
All parties in the Commons give approval in principle to pandemic election bill
OTTAWA - All parties have given approval in principle to a bill aimed at ensuring a federal election could be safely conducted, if need be, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill C-19 passed by a vote of ...
May 11, 2021
Alberta justice minister sorry for saying feds, others rooting for COVID disaster
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says he was wrong to accuse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, Alberta's Opposition N-D-P, and the media of rooting for COVID-19 to buckle his province's...
May 11, 2021
Saskatchewan considering mixing and matching vaccines for second doses
Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday the province is leaning towards offering Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine as second doses for those who received AstraZeneca as their first shot.In an interview with Gormley, M...
May 11, 2021
B.C. pledges to introduce permanent paid sick leave program in January
VICTORIA - Workers affected by COVID-19 in British Columbia will qualify for up to three days of paid sick leave under proposed legislation that Premier John Horgan says will plug holes in a federal p...
May 11, 2021
Other provinces looking at Saskatchewan's plan to tie COVID-19 vaccines to reopening
CALGARY - Neighbouring provinces are eyeing Saskatchewan's plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions in tandem with vaccination rates, but experts are warning the approach could lead some to a false sense of...
May 11, 2021