Tag Archives: Health
Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin leaves vaccine rollout post pending military investigation
OTTAWA - The officer in charge of Canada's vaccine rollout has left his assignment with the Public Health Agency of Canada pending the results of a military investigation. The Department of National D...
May 14, 2021
More vaccine drive-thru clinic times in the Battlefords, Lloydminster, Prince Albert
The drive-thru immunization clinics in Prince Albert, the Battlefords and Lloydminster have added availability over the new week.The Lloydminster clinic, located at the grounds of the Exhibition Assoc...
May 14, 2021
New funding for more respiratory therapists at Vic Hospital
Additional respiratory therapists have been hired at the Victoria Hospital, nearly doubling the number of the specialized health care workers at the facility to around eight. Carol Gregoryk, SHA Execu...
May 14, 2021
Province to provide second dose bookings to 85+ May 17
Starting on May 17, the provincial vaccine booking system will start taking appointments for residents age 85 and older to book their second COVID-19 dose. This will also include anyone who received t...
May 14, 2021
Alberta leadership responsible for protests against public health orders: expert
EDMONTON - A criminologist says a recent court order that allows Alberta RCMP to arrest organizers of anti-lockdown rallies can limit or prevent future gatherings but does little to educate people who...
May 14, 2021
Experts call on Canada to use COVAX doses of AstraZeneca or give them back
OTTAWA - Some health experts are questioning Canada's decision to accept thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from a global vaccine-sharing alliance, only to have them sit in freezers ...
May 14, 2021
If COVID vaccines 'essential,' Canadians could get shots in U.S. and no quarantine
TORONTO - Canadian residents should be able to head to the United States for COVID-19 vaccinations and be exempt from mandatory quarantine on return if health authorities here deem the shots medically...
May 14, 2021
UPDATE: On Air For Healthcare Radiothon underway at local radio station: drive thru and donate
UPDATE: The On Air for Healthcare Radiothon is still going strong today as it gets close to the final lap! People are coming by the CJNB radio station parking lot drive-through drop-off site, calling ...
May 14, 2021
Nunavut officials plead for Iqaluit residents to stop gathering during COVID outbreak
IQALUIT - Nunavut's health minister says he wants Iqaluit residents to stop gathering so the city has a shot at a normal summer. Lorne Kusugak scolded residents Friday at a news conference as a COVID-...
May 14, 2021
Federal officials lay out road map for post-vaccine life as third wave ebbs
Federal health authorities laid out their vision of what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19, just as regional officials warned some people may be getting ahead o...
May 14, 2021