Tag Archives: Health
Canada missed chance to help homegrown vaccines move quickly last spring: developers
OTTAWA - Two vaccine developers in Canada say a lack of federal funding early in the pandemic kept homegrown COVID-19 vaccines from moving as quickly as international versions. Nearly 1.1 million Cana...
Feb 22, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 22, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 8 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 1,428 new COVID-19 cases over the past three days, for a total of 77,263 since the pandemic...
Feb 22, 2021
New child psychiatrist sets up in Prince Albert
Child and youth psychiatry is very much in need in Canada and now Prince Albert is welcoming the return of a specialist at Victoria Hospital.Newly recruited child psychiatrist Dr. Randy Zbuk told paNO...
Feb 22, 2021
Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer, Moderna deliveries
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccinati...
Feb 22, 2021
Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer, Moderna deliveries
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccinati...
Feb 22, 2021
2,428 COVID-19 vaccines, 182 new cases, four deaths, 110 recoveries
There were 2,428 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 60,743. The 2,428 doses were administered in the N...
Feb 21, 2021
COVID-19 activity declining, but variants at 'critical juncture,' Tam says
Canada's chief public health officer said Sunday that the collective efforts to fight COVID-19 are paying off, even as the country sits at a 'critical juncture' in the fight against fast-spreading var...
Feb 21, 2021
'Something much bigger:' Calgary pet charity hopes to expand to keep kids with pets
CALGARY - A mother whose family has been struggling financially and emotionally is giving thanks to a pet charity that helped pay for medical treatment for their injured cat during a particularly dark...
Feb 21, 2021
Kenney says no new taxes as Alberta preps for another tough times pandemic budget
EDMONTON - On Thursday it's budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year's projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days. ...
Feb 21, 2021
B.C. man wants help, not charges, for woman who took his truck with son inside
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. - A Vancouver Island man whose truck was stolen while his son was sitting inside says he wants addiction treatment for the woman, not charges. Aaron Johnson and his 11-year-old so...
Feb 21, 2021