Tag Archives: Health
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.There are 831,577 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 831,577 confirmed cases (35,669 active, 774,...
Feb 16, 2021
Foam Lake Health Foundation reaches digital x-ray goal
The Foam Lake and District Health Foundation has reached their digital x-ray campaign fundraising goal.The $254,000 campaign is the first to come to completion for the recently developed foundation.Co...
Feb 16, 2021
Obstetrics returns to Meadow Lake Hospital
Obstetrical services at the Meadow Lake Hospital will resume effective immediately.The unit was shut down on Jan. 18 following a COVID-19 outbreak on the surgical ward. This move of extreme caution wa...
Feb 16, 2021
Petitclerc recounts her own experience with disability in final MAID bill debate
OTTAWA - Sen. Chantal Petitclerc recounted her own experience with a disability as she sought Tuesday to counter criticism of a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying. Bill C-7 has been ...
Feb 16, 2021
Province reports 136 new cases of COVID-19, three deaths
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced there are 136 new cases of COVID-19, three deaths and 264 recoveries in the province.Vaccine DeliveryThere were 22 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yest...
Feb 16, 2021
Canada's vaccine supply from Europe remains secure: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he received further reassurance this week that Canada's expected supply of COVID-19 vaccines is secure. Trudeau says he spoke Tuesday morning with European ...
Feb 16, 2021
Labour group demands meeting over COVID-19 outbreak at Olymel pork plant in Red Deer
RED DEER, Alta. - The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour wants a meeting with the premier and provincial labour minister to ensure workplaces with COVID-19 outbreaks are shut down. Gil McGo...
Feb 16, 2021
Newfoundland sees COVID-19 cases decline as variant threat simmers
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting a sharp downturn in daily COVID-19 cases, with seven new ones confirmed Tuesday as fears over a rapidly spreading variant of the virus linger on the island and a...
Feb 16, 2021
Nurses, contact tracers responding to Olymel pork plant outbreak in Alberta
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta Health Services says it is responding directly to a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected hundreds at a hog slaughterhouse where almost two-thirds of workers have at least one ...
Feb 16, 2021
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on Feb. 16, 2021
OTTAWA - The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern): 6:50 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 1,533 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 new deaths over the past four days, ...
Feb 16, 2021