Tag Archives: Health
Toronto family marks first Mother's Day in India under a cloud of pandemic anxiety
The joy of Komal Garg's first Mother's Day has been tempered with fear and frustration as she awaits the green light to start enjoying family life in the Toronto home she hasn't seen for months. She a...
May 09, 2021
Several provinces bring in new restrictions as high COVID-19 case numbers persist
Manitoba will shutter schools in two hard-hit regions and move students to online learning, officials announced Sunday, as several other provinces also tightened public health measures to limit the sp...
May 09, 2021
Halifax airport CEO hopes for more on-site COVID testing 'sooner rather than later'
HALIFAX - The chief executive of Atlantic Canada's largest airport is hoping for COVID-19 testing for arriving passengers "sooner rather than later," as an added measure to combat Nova Scotia's third ...
May 09, 2021
Melfort family physician named President of Saskatchewan Medical Association
A Melfort family physician is now the President of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA).Dr. Eben Strydom was elected to the position at the Spring Representative Assembly on Friday, May 7 that w...
May 09, 2021
Some universities say no to proof of vaccination requirement
A COVID-19 vaccine likely won't be a requirement to return to the physical classroom at some universities in September, with several large schools saying they have no intention of mandating proof of i...
May 09, 2021
Ten years later: Five things to know about the Slave Lake wildfire
A wildfire burned about one-third of Slave Lake in northern Alberta in May 2011. Nearly 400 homes and businesses, including an apartment complex, were reduced to ash and rubble when fierce winds whipp...
May 09, 2021
Ten years later: Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town
Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town's government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the r...
May 09, 2021
For a view of a COVID-19 future, Canadians should look across the pond
OTTAWA - On May 3, the British government announced that only one person had died of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours. It was a sharp turn around in a little over three months, from the country's wor...
May 09, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 9, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 9, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 326,863 new vaccinations administered for a total of 15,652,046 d...
May 09, 2021
Dozens gather at Whistle Stop Cafe to rally against health orders
MIRROR, Alta. - RCMP ticketed protesters leaving an anti-lockdown rally outside a central Alberta caf Saturday, after the establishment was closed by health officials earlier in the week.Despite pouri...
May 08, 2021