Tag Archives: Health
PA Police seek additional support due to COVID
The Prince Albert Police Service will be asking City Council for $73,000, which will come from the city's $2 million share of money received under the federal Safe Restart Program.The recommendation w...
Feb 26, 2021
New vaccine brings optimism amid rising threat of variants, high case counts
Canada's vaccine rollout received a boost Friday with the approval of a third COVID-19 inoculation, giving the country another immunization option at a time when case counts remain nearly 75 per cent ...
Feb 26, 2021
Health Canada approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada has approved AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, adding a third vaccine to the list available in Canada and potentially quickening the pace at which Canadians can be vaccinated against the v...
Feb 26, 2021
Grieving mom warns other parents of deadly online challenge
A Saskatoon woman is urging other parents to be vigilant after her son died just 2 1/2 weeks shy of his 14th birthday.Melanie Anderson says her son Cash died doing a challenge that's going around onli...
Feb 26, 2021
Address anti-Indigenous racism in health care before expanding MAID: advocates, MP
OTTAWA - The federal government should not expand access to medical assistance in dying to those suffering solely from severe mental illness while Indigenous people live in conditions linked to higher...
Feb 26, 2021
Health Canada approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada has approved AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, adding a third vaccine to the list available in Canada and potentially quickening the pace at which Canadians can be vaccinated against the v...
Feb 26, 2021
Health Canada approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada decided Friday to authorize the AstraZeneca vaccine and the first half million doses of it will be shipped to Canada next week. The regulatory team reviewing COVID-19 vaccines s...
Feb 26, 2021
Union asks why junior school mask rule wouldn't work in B.C. if it does elsewhere
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia teachers argue for broader mask requirements in elementary schools, some families and educators say it's been easy for kids to adapt to the rules in other provinces. He...
Feb 26, 2021
Some Quebec movie theatres reopen Friday, but owners worry plan not sustainable
MONTREAL - Movie theatres in Quebec were allowed to reopen Friday, but owners are wondering how long they can operate without selling food and with customers who have to be home by 8 p.m.Eric Bouchard...
Feb 26, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 55,116 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,707,398 d...
Feb 25, 2021