Tag Archives: Health
Northern pharmacies to be added to vaccination pilot project next week
Select pharmacies in Saskatchewan will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations through a pilot project that begins April 29. There are 63 pharmacies in 14 communities participating in the initial pilot. ...
Apr 28, 2021
Vermette introduces suicide prevention bill for third time
Cumberland NDP MLA Doyle Vermette's suicide prevention bill is expected to be debated on Friday at the Saskatchewan Legislature. He reintroduced The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act fo...
Apr 28, 2021
Federal infrastructure bank can't meet funding plans without spending spree, PBO says
OTTAWA - A federal infrastructure financing agency might not meet its near-term plan to fund projects more quickly to foster economic recovery, says a new report by the parliamentary budget officer.As...
Apr 28, 2021
Ontario unveils paid sick-leave program as Nova Scotia shuts down schools, businesses
Ontario took steps to combat workplace COVID-19 outbreaks Wednesday as it unveiled a new paid sick-leave program for workers, while efforts to curb community spread in Nova Scotia saw the province ent...
Apr 28, 2021
Hundreds of travellers landing in Canada test positive for COVID-19 variants
OTTAWA - More than 2,000 people returning to Canada since mandatory hotel quarantines began have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than a quarter of them were infected with a variant of concern. T...
Apr 28, 2021
Hundreds of travellers landing in Canada test positive for COVID-19 variants
OTTAWA - More than 2,000 people returning to Canada since the federal government brought in mandatory hotel quarantines have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than a quarter of them were infected ...
Apr 28, 2021
Trudeau to give speech at virtual celebrity concert pushing vaccine equality
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on the speakers list next month at a celebrity-laden global concert promoting vaccine equality, but his appearance isn't sitting well with his political criti...
Apr 28, 2021
P.1 COVID variant spreading in Saskatchewan
It has been a couple of weeks since the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant established itself as the dominant strain in Saskatchewan, but a new variant is now starting to spread.Originally only five cases of th...
Apr 28, 2021
‘I’ve never seen anything like this ever,’ says head of Regina ICU
COVID-19 is sending more patients to the Regina intensive care unit than it can handle.The numbers are stunning to Dr. Jeffrey Betcher, head of critical care, who says occupancy hit 150 per cent last ...
Apr 28, 2021
Quebec says coercive strategy working to increase vaccination among health workers
MONTREAL - Quebec's coercive strategy to get more health-care workers vaccinated is concerning some health experts and union officials, who say the government should focus more on carrots than on stic...
Apr 28, 2021