Tag Archives: Health
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
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for March 8
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:35 p.m. Alberta is reporting 278 new cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths. The province says six cases of a more contag...
Mar 08, 2021
Canada set to receive more than 910,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month. The Pub...
Mar 08, 2021
Canada set to receive more than 910,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month. The Pub...
Mar 08, 2021
Statistics Canada considered delaying this year's census to 2022 due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Statistics Canada considered delaying this year's census until 2022 over pandemic-related health concerns that could erode the quality of data relied on by polic...
Mar 08, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, March 7, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday March 7, 2021. There are 886,574 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 886,574 confirmed cases (30,268 active, 834,...
Mar 07, 2021