Tag Archives: Health
Younger, healthier people need intensive care quickly with variants of COVID-19: Tam
OTTAWA - Provincial governments are grappling with how to bring the third wave of COVID-19 under control, as the more virulent variants of the virus begin to dominate and younger, healthier people are...
Apr 06, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, April 6, 2021
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:05 p.m. Alberta is reporting 931 new daily cases of COVID-19. The province says 676 variant cases have been identifie...
Apr 06, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, April 5, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 320,956 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,554,489...
Apr 05, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, April 5, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 5, 2021. There are 1,014,373 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,014,373 confirmed cases (58,673 active, 9...
Apr 05, 2021
Proposed vaping law change leaves bitter taste in mouth of local shop owner
The co-owner of a Prince Albert business that specializes in vaping products says a change to federal laws, that could include the possible ban on flavours, would destroy his business. Blaine Tetz wit...
Apr 05, 2021
BATC to hold COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Dekker Centre
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc. (BATC) will offer a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Dekker Centre starting next week.Executive director Neil Sasakamoose is thrilled the organization will be able ...
Apr 05, 2021
219 new cases and 212 recoveries of COVID-19 reported in the province
As of April 5, there are 219 new cases of COVID-19 and 212 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 34,763 cases.One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-1...
Apr 05, 2021
Oxygen cutoff that killed one at Quebec COVID ICU last summer blamed on human error
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area health authority is blaming human error after oxygen was cut off to nine intensive care COVID-19 patients last spring, leaving one dead. The news about the incident that occ...
Apr 05, 2021
VIDO-InterVac vaccine tweaked to tackle variants
The COVID-19 vaccine developed in the lab at Saskatoon's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan is now better equipped to fend off emerging variants."We n...
Apr 05, 2021
Rising COVID-19 cases in Ontario, Quebec spark renewed concerns over hospital strain
Authorities in several provinces expressed concern on Monday that the recent rise in COVID-19 cases was putting renewed strain on the health-care system, as Quebec and Ontario brought in new restricti...
Apr 05, 2021