Tag Archives: Health

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. There are 915,868 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 915,868 confirmed cases (31,517 a...
Mar 16, 2021

Chris Beaudry mental health livestream to take place next week
Former Humboldt Broncos coach, Chris Beaudry will be speaking about the importance of mental health next Thursday, March 25, via Dekker Centre live stream at 3 p.m.Beaudry, who was an assistant coach ...
Mar 16, 2021

Woman questions why LTC home staff can gather for party during COVID-19 restrictions
A local woman is upset after visiting River Heights Lodge long-term care (LTC) home in North Battleford last week to see her mother-in-law, to discover staff gathered in the main common room for a par...
Mar 16, 2021

Suspected gas leak leads Arborfield Special Care Lodge residents to evacuate to town hall
Residents of the Arborfield Special Care Lodge were evacuated on Tuesday morning.The Arborfield Fire Department was dispatched to what was suspected to be a gas leak in the building. However, upon inv...
Mar 16, 2021

Five things to know about NACI's new advice on AstraZeneca's vaccine and seniors
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization adjusted Tuesday its advice for the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to say that it can now be given to seniors. On March 1, NACI said the...
Mar 16, 2021

Carve-outs to mandatory hotel quarantine announced for temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA - Temporary foreign workers will no longer be totally exempt from mandatory hotel quarantines imposed on all incoming non-essential travellers, the federal government announced Tuesday. The new...
Mar 16, 2021

Saskatchewan's 80+ population 50 per cent vaccinated as total active cases fall
Vaccine administration continues across the province with 50 per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 80+ having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of March 16. This compares with 37 p...
Mar 16, 2021

Be COVID-19 smart on St. Patrick's Day, officials urge; some tighten restrictions
TORONTO - Officials in many Canadian provinces are tightening anti-pandemic restrictions to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 super-spreader event. Amid worries about a third pandemic wa...
Mar 16, 2021

Ottawa seeks post-pandemic ideas to prepare for next major disaster
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking beyond COVID-19 to prepare for the next large-scale calamity - be it another pandemic, a tsunami or cyberattack. In a notice posted Tuesday, Defence Research...
Mar 16, 2021

Erin O'Toole says a Conservative government wouldn't cut foreign aid
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole reversed his predecessor's position on foreign aid spending Tuesday, saying that if elected, a Conservative government wouldn't cut that budget. But he said h...
Mar 16, 2021