Tag Archives: Health
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.There are 840,586 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 840,586 confirmed cases (32,241 active, 786,7...
Feb 19, 2021
Liberals using interpreter shortage to dodge accountability, Conservatives allege
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives say the Liberals are using a pandemic-induced shortage of translators to shut down House of Commons committees when they raise issues that cause the government discomfor...
Feb 19, 2021
Premier calls NB health care worker who died a hero on the frontlines
Premier Scott Moe called a North Battleford health care worker who died a hero during a press conference Thursday.Tom Thomas, 34, died Feb. 15 from sudden cardiac arrest after being diagnosed with COV...
Feb 19, 2021
Federal government seeks fourth extension to update assisted-dying law
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is seeking a fourth extension to the court-imposed deadline for expanding access to medical assistance in dying. Justice Minister David Lametti is asking the court to g...
Feb 19, 2021
Businesses that opened during pandemic lament lack of access to government aid
OTTAWA - The sounds of baseballs hitting bats and gloves are fewer these days at Robert Johnston's training centre in Toronto because of public health restrictions. Since last March, the federal gover...
Feb 19, 2021
146 new cases of COVID-19, 227 recoveries and three deaths reported in the province
There are 146 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 27,245 cases. There were also 227 recoveries and three deaths across the province. There are now 25,298 ...
Feb 19, 2021
Canada's top public health doctor says vaccine results so far are very encouraging
OTTAWA - Canada's struggling COVID-19 vaccination efforts saw multiple positive signs Friday, with further evidence one dose of a leading vaccine could be almost as good as two, news that Pfizer's vac...
Feb 19, 2021
'Java 4 Jett' raising money for four-year-old battling inoperable cancer
At the beginning of the month, four-year-old boy Jett Reis and his parents Larisa and Manny received some life-altering news.Jett was diagnosed with an aggressive and inoperable brain cancer, diffuse ...
Feb 19, 2021
Liberals move to add weeks to EI, COVID-19 benefits for workers and parents
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals sought Friday to get ahead of a looming benefits panic, announcing plans to add extra weeks of income support for unemployed workers and parents at home with children bec...
Feb 19, 2021
COVID-19 variants could fuel surge of 20K daily cases if restrictions eased: feds
New federal forecasts project that COVID-19 variants could fuel a potential third wave that would eclipse its predecessors if Canada doesn't double down on strict public health protocols - a warning t...
Feb 19, 2021