Tag Archives: Health
Canada may find it challenging to reach herd immunity from COVID-19, experts say
Herd immunity may not be reached in Canada but a return to life similar to that before COVID-19 is possible through immunization, experts say. Such immunity is achieved when enough people are immune t...
May 06, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 283,833 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,568,...
May 05, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. There are 1,257,328 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,257,328 confirmed cases (81,671 active...
May 05, 2021
Kenney under fire during Commons emergency debate on Alberta's COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Alberta's legislature may have been silenced but its partisan warfare relocated Wednesday to the House of Commons as MPs held an emergency debate on the province's soaring number of COVID-19 ...
May 05, 2021
Plan for teen vaccinations, second doses to be released Thursday
Teenagers in Canada can now roll up their sleeves for one of the COVID-19 vaccines, and Saskatchewan's government is expecting to give details Thursday around how that will roll out."Saskatchewan peop...
May 05, 2021
COVID-19 case identified at St. Louis Public School
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is alerting the public that the Saskatchewan Health Authority have identified a case of COVID-19 at St. Louis Public School.According to a media release,...
May 05, 2021
Prince Albert takes 'a stand' for MMIWG
Marilyn Stone wipes away tears as she grips a picture of her deceased aunt. She wants no other family to go through what her family went through, she said.Stone was among a number of participants in a...
May 05, 2021
Northwest Territories to offer vaccines to 12- to 17 year-olds in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says it will offer vaccinations against COVID-19 to young people between 12 and 17 starting Thursday. The territory, which has only been using the Moderna vacci...
May 05, 2021
Vaccine age to drop to 35+, 196 new cases reported in the province
Starting Thursday, May 6, the eligibility of the provincial age-based immunization program will expand to include age 35+. It remains 18+ for the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. This ap...
May 05, 2021
'Like a flash fire:' Rabbit owners warned about outbreak of deadly disease in Alberta
CALGARY - Janice Romick could see it coming. The rabbit breeder for 40 years in Cold Lake, Alta., says she saw the writing on the wall before a deadly rabbit virus appeared last month in the southern ...
May 05, 2021