Tag Archives: Health
Olymel to remain vigilant even with no active COVID cases
RED DEER, Alta. – The COVID-19 outbreak at the Olymel pork processing facility in Red Deer has been brought under control. After peaking at 212 on Feb. 19, Alberta Health confirmed over the week...
Mar 23, 2021
Saskatchewan closes restaurants, issues travel advisory in Regina and area
Regina is back under some of the strictest public-health measures seen in the province since last spring over concerns about a rising spread of more infectious COVID-19 variants. Premier Scott Moe ann...
Mar 23, 2021
Province reports 150 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 150 new cases of COVID-19 and one death.Vaccines ReportedAn additional 5,038 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total n...
Mar 23, 2021
Liberals to unveil federal budget on April 19, Freeland says
OTTAWA - The federal government will release a highly anticipated budget in about four weeks, giving Canadians a detailed accounting of pandemic spending and how the Liberals plan to spend billions mo...
Mar 23, 2021
Health Canada confident AstraZeneca vaccine safe and effective against COVID-19
OTTAWA - Health Canada is reassuring Canadians the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, even as it works to add a warning about blood clots and reacts to a new controversy over the compan...
Mar 23, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for March 23, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 8:45 p.m. Alberta reported 465 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths. The province identified 197 new variant cases, bring...
Mar 23, 2021
Officials say coroner to probe case of elderly woman found dead in Montreal hospital
MONTREAL - Health officials in western Montreal said Tuesday they will ask the coroner to investigate the death of an 86-year-old woman reportedly found lifeless on the floor of a hospital emergency r...
Mar 23, 2021
Advocates critique rising jail figures in some provinces after initial COVID-19 fall
HALIFAX - A report by advocates for Canadian inmates is criticizing the rising rates of incarceration in at least two provincial jail systems amid the continuing pandemic.About a year after the first ...
Mar 23, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, March 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 143,559 new vaccinations administered for a total of 4,097,84...
Mar 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 22, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 22, 2021. There are 938,719 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 938,719 confirmed cases (35,844 active, 880,...
Mar 22, 2021