Tag Archives: Health
Tories demand PM testify on WE deal, Liberals say House leader will appear instead
OTTAWA - The conditions for a brawl appear to be set after Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez announced that he will testify at a parliamentary committee about the now-dead WE deal on Monday, rat...
Mar 28, 2021
Quebec, Ontario officials say many vaccine appointments unfilled, ask seniors to act
As COVID-19 cases continued to climb in Canada's two biggest provinces on Sunday, officials in Ontario and Quebec said there are vacant vaccination appointments that need to be filled. In Toronto, May...
Mar 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for March 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):6:30 p.m.Alberta is reporting 644 new cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths.The province says on its website that as of Saturday...
Mar 28, 2021
Path out of pandemic isn't straightforward, but hope lies ahead: experts
TORONTO - There is a light at the end of the tunnel, COVID-19 experts say, even if it's hard to see it while more contagious virus variants plunge parts of Canada into the third wave of the pandemic. ...
Mar 28, 2021
The need for speed: How Canada approved five vaccines for COVID-19 in under a year
OTTAWA - In the last four years, Health Canada has approved more than 1,500 new or updated pharmaceuticals. Ten of them are vaccines. Five of those are for COVID-19. Dr. Supriya Sharma, the chief medi...
Mar 28, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, March 27, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday March 27, 2021. There are 961,083 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 961,083 confirmed cases (42,025 active, 896...
Mar 27, 2021
224 new COVID cases, 1,240 variants of concern, no new deaths
An additional 4,814 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including over 450 in the northern zones, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 167,509.T...
Mar 27, 2021
Ex-colleague of Ontario doctor Brian Nadler shocked to learn of murder charge
MONTREAL, Italy - An ex-colleague of Brian Nadler, the Ontario doctor charged with murder in connection with suspicious deaths at a hospital, described him as compassionate but said he had a tendency ...
Mar 27, 2021
'Stronger' measures needed across Canada to suppress COVID-19 resurgence: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer warned Saturday that current health orders are not enough to stop rapid growth of COVID-19, as provinces push ahead with plans to reopen their economies. ...
Mar 27, 2021
Canadian Blood Services says donations from those who have had COVID-19 are safe
CALGARY - Canadian Blood Services is reassuring the public that blood donated by anyone who has had COVID-19 or who has been vaccinated is safe. "Given that COVID is a respiratory virus, there's no im...
Mar 27, 2021