Tag Archives: Health
Groups offer more support across Canada for families of drug users
VANCOUVER - A support group for families of people who have fatally overdosed is expanding its services across the country to also help those whose loved ones are addicted to illicit drugs. The Albert...
Apr 16, 2021
Kachur's Golf Club opens for the season and is already packed
Kachur's Golf Course is now open for the upcoming golf season, but if you actually want to get on the course, you'll have to start booking your tee times now. Course owner Patty Kachur barely had time...
Apr 16, 2021
Kenney sowing distrust with misleading COVID-19 anecdotes, statements: NDP
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says Premier Jason Kenney is sowing distrust by recounting misleading anecdotes to illustrate COVID-19 policy decisions. "I think this is about trust. I think this is a...
Apr 16, 2021
Alberta's Kenney sowing distrust with misleading COVID-19 anecdotes, statements: NDP
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says Premier Jason Kenney is sowing distrust by recounting misleading anecdotes to illustrate COVID-19 policy decisions. "I think this is about trust. I think this is a...
Apr 16, 2021
COVID case at St. Mary High School
Officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) have identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at cole St. Mary High School in Prince Albert.A media release from the Prince Albert Ca...
Apr 16, 2021
SHA warning of increased COVID-19 exposure after parties in Birch Hills
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting the public of an increased risk of COVID-19 in Birch Hills.All individuals who attended parties on Birch Drive the night of April 10 are required to get t...
Apr 16, 2021
Province reports 221 new and 225 recovered cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, two deaths
The Government of Saskatchewan reported another 221 cases of COVID-19 in the province on April 16, as well as 225 recoveries. This brings the provincial total to 37,615 cases. There have been 34,550 r...
Apr 16, 2021
Doctors say lowering age cutoff for AstraZeneca vaccine makes sense as cases surge
CALGARY - Doctors say the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should be offered to Canadians in a wider age range as COVID-19 infections soar in many parts of the country. Provinces limited eligibility for tha...
Apr 16, 2021
N.S., N.L. premiers oppose sharing their vaccine supplies with harder-hit provinces
HALIFAX - Two East Coast premiers say they oppose sharing vaccine supplies with harder-hit provinces, after the Canadian Medical Association suggested Ottawa rethink its per capita-based system of dis...
Apr 16, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared in Iqaluit as infection numbers rise after first case
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 in Iqaluit and the premier says he expects there will be more cases. Health officials reported 12 new infections Friday for a total of 1...
Apr 16, 2021