Tag Archives: Health
Visitation limited at Meadow Lake Hospital, Northland Lodge
Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Meadow Lake Area, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is restricting visitation at the hospital and Northland Pioneer Lodge.In a release on Thursday, th...
Feb 25, 2021
SHA changes COVID vaccination appointment strategy after concern from public
After confusion and frustration in recent weeks regarding how the public will be informed about COVID-19 vaccines and when, Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone came to Thursday's press...
Feb 25, 2021
Public health agency investigating quarantine sexual assault allegations
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine...
Feb 25, 2021
Saskatchewan COVID-19 cases exceed 28,000 overall as 211 new cases reported
Total COVID-19 cases across the province are now over 28,000 with 26,318 recoveries and 1,493 cases considered active. The province is also reporting 211 new cases and one death. The death was reporte...
Feb 25, 2021
Feds didn't supply enough resources to end water advisories on First Nations: auditor
OTTAWA - The government did not provide the support needed to ensure First Nations communities have access to safe drinking water, says federal auditor general Karen Hogan in a report released Thursda...
Feb 25, 2021
Quebec health authority hires Indigenous staff, promises changes after Echaquan death
QUEBEC - The health authority that runs the Quebec hospital where an Indigenous woman was mocked before she died last September said Thursday it is taking concrete steps to ensure Atikamekw people rec...
Feb 25, 2021
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern): 6:25 p.m. Alberta is reporting 399 new cases of COVID-19 and eight additional deaths due to the illness. It says there a...
Feb 25, 2021
Advocate says overdose crisis ‘talked about’ differently following results of survey
An overdose survey done by the Angus Reid Institute is shedding light on how Canadians are looking at our nation's "other epidemic."The survey, which was released Wednesday, said its findings - which ...
Feb 25, 2021
Quebec starts COVID-19 vaccination bookings for seniors; those in Ontario must wait
Seniors in Canada's two largest provinces are facing significantly different timelines for vaccinations, as increasing spread of COVID-19 variants causes concern for health officials across the countr...
Feb 25, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy declining among Quebec health-care workers, researchers say
MONTREAL - Lucie Tremblay wants her colleagues in Quebec's health-care sector to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The head of nursing at the regional health board for west-central Montreal has taken a...
Feb 25, 2021