Tag Archives: Health
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 218,596 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,68...
Mar 31, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. There are 982,116 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 982,116 confirmed cases (47,864 active,...
Mar 31, 2021
Trudeau pushes back against Premier Ford's criticism of federal vaccine procurement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against Ontario Premier Doug Ford's accusation that the federal government's procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is a joke. Trudeau took a poke at F...
Mar 31, 2021
STF wants two-week online buffer; SRPSD has no plans to do so
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is calling on the government to have students move to online learning for a two-week period following the upcoming Easter Break. However, a local director o...
Mar 31, 2021
Governments investing in new vaccine-manufacturing plant in Toronto
TORONTO - A new influenza vaccine facility will be built in Toronto to help bolster Canada's biomanufacturing capacity, the federal government said as it announced the new project Wednesday.Innovation...
Mar 31, 2021
COVID-19: Quebec premier moves three cities into lockdown for at least 10 days
Quebec Premier Francois Legault is moving three cities, including the provincial capital, into lockdown Thursday following a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections. Schools and non-essential businesses are...
Mar 31, 2021
Pharmacies receive short notice about start of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
VANCOUVER - Pharmacies were given short notice about Wednesday's rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the Lower Mainland for those aged 55 to 65, says the president of the British Columbia Pharmac...
Mar 31, 2021
Shahab urges ‘hunkering down’ in communities with high COVID case numbers
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer urged residents to lay low as weeks remain before adults at highest risk to COVID-19 are vaccinated."We have about eight weeks to go before everyone 50-plus...
Mar 31, 2021
Sask. agencies express mixed feelings about Clare's Law rollout
Nearly ten months have passed since Saskatchewan effectively became the first province to enact Clare's Law, and now the door has widened for more individuals seeking help from domestic abuse.From tod...
Mar 31, 2021
191 cases, two deaths, and 176 recoveries reported in Saskatchewan
The province reported another 191 new cases of COVID-19 and 176 recoveries in Saskatchewan on March 31, bringing the provincial total to 33,590 cases. Prince Albert and North Battleford are among othe...
Mar 31, 2021