Tag Archives: Health
Trudeau defends Canada's travel restrictions as effective but open to doing more
OTTAWA - Governments are looking at new limits for travel both into and within Canada, as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to set heartbreaking records. On a positive note, Canada hit...
Apr 20, 2021
Opposition leaders criticize federal budget over pharmacare, old age security
OTTAWA - Federal opposition leaders are criticizing the Liberal government's first budget in two years for omitting pharmacare, failing to adequately boost old age security and not speeding up the pac...
Apr 20, 2021
B.C. plans a $9.7-billion deficit to build COVID recovery: minister
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government plans to spend $8.7 billion over three years on infrastructure as well as on supports for families and businesses to help build the economic recovery from CO...
Apr 20, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, April 19, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 19, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 269,775 new vaccinations administered for a total of 10,243,4...
Apr 19, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, April 19, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday April 19, 2021. There are 1,131,773 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,131,773 confirmed cases (88,327 active, 1...
Apr 19, 2021
B.C. to impose travel restrictions until May long weekend over COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia will impose travel restrictions to prevent movement outside of health regions as police set up roadside checks similar to those seen during the Christmas season, Premier Jo...
Apr 19, 2021
Federal Budget 2021: Long-term care standards, vaccine production in health plan
OTTAWA - The federal budget is promising billions to close gaps in long-term care and Canada's vaccine production laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the pandem...
Apr 19, 2021
Government reports half of Saskatchewan residents 40+ received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
The Saskatchewan government has reported that 50 per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 40+ have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.Status of Priority Population Vaccinations, as of...
Apr 19, 2021
Sask. considering lowering age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine
Premier Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan government is "actively reviewing" the age restrictions for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.In a tweet Monday, Moe said the government was looking at lowering ...
Apr 19, 2021
Two COVID-19 cases pop up in Kinngait, Nunavut, unrelated to Iqaluit outbreak
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two COVID-19 cases in Kinngait, Nunavut, but the territory's chief public health officer says they're not related to the ongoing outbreak in Iqaluit. Until now,...
Apr 19, 2021