Tag Archives: Health
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, March 8, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 78,246 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,465,435 ...
Mar 08, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 8, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021. There are 890,698 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 890,698 confirmed cases (30,332 active, 838...
Mar 08, 2021
One positive COVID-19 case identified at St. John Community School
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is reporting the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has identified a positive COVID-19 case at St. John Community School in Prince Albert.According to a med...
Mar 08, 2021
More COVID-19 rules eased: Alberta ups retail shopping limit, opens banquet halls
EDMONTON - Alberta is lifting more COVID-19 public-health restrictions, including allowing more people to shop in retail stores and malls. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the retail limit is increa...
Mar 08, 2021
N.S. mass killer showed off his 'military' style gun, claiming it was for movie
HALIFAX - In the months before he killed 22 people in the Nova Scotia mass shooting, the gunman - who didn't have a firearms licence - showed a powerful rifle to others and made up a fanciful story ab...
Mar 08, 2021
COVID-19 magnified systemic discrimination against Indigenous women: Bennett
OTTAWA - COVID-19 has magnified the effects of systemic discrimination against Indigenous women in Canada, said Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett at a virtual summit the federal gove...
Mar 08, 2021
Province reports 97 new COVID-19 cases and one death
For the third day this year, new daily cases of COVID-19 are under 100 with 97 reported in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 29,806 cases. The government also reported another 151 recover...
Mar 08, 2021
Alberta Appeal Court orders third trial for parents in toddler's death
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has ordered a third trial for a couple who said they thought their toddler son had croup and were treating him with natural remedies before he died. David and Collet Step...
Mar 08, 2021
Pfizer first expected vaccine wouldn't be approved in Canada until February
OTTAWA - The president of Pfizer Canada says when the company signed a purchase agreement last August it didn't expect its COVID-19 vaccine to get approved here until February. Cole Pinnow also told t...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. issues advice to those fully vaccinated, but no shift in Canada yet
New U.S. guidelines say people fully inoculated against COVID-19 can drop some precautions when gathering with others, but at least two provincial health ministers say existing public health advice ho...
Mar 08, 2021