Tag Archives: Health
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
Shorebird Inn owner may contest $14,000 COVID fine
The owner of the Shorebird Inn on Tobin Lake near Nipawin says he's considering contesting the hefty fine his business received from the province for violating COVID-19 protocols.Bryan Baraniski-who i...
Mar 31, 2021
Opposition shuts WE hearing as Liberals again refuse to let staffer testify
OTTAWA - Opposition members shut down a parliamentary committee hearing Wednesday after the Liberal government once again refused to let a political aide appear to answer questions about the now-dead ...
Mar 31, 2021
PHAC ordered to hand over documents on two fired scientists, viruses sent to China
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is ordering the Public Health Agency of Canada to turn over all documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest-security laboratory and the e...
Mar 31, 2021