Tag Archives: Health

VANCOUVER - It's been a little more than a year since scientists and biotech companies around the world pivoted to understanding, treating and preventing COVID-19. Here are five projects to watch led ...

VANCOUVER - Canada is home to significant scientific expertise and research tackling COVID-19, though one expert says long-standing hurdles make it difficult for the country to punch above its weight ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 22,252 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,329,...

Reporter Alison Sandstrom talks about a Prince Albert respiratory therapist reflecting on his experience working in ICU during the current pandemic.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. There are 834,182 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 834,182 confirmed cases (32,986 active, ...

A respiratory therapist at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert says COVID-19 is unlike any disease he's encountered over three decades of practice.Marvin Nicklas, one of six respiratory therapists ...

There are about two dozen positive cases of the coronavirus in the tri-communities as of Feb. 16. The most cases currently are on-reserve with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band sitting at 14 active cases. ...

The President of the union that represents all Legal Aid staff and lawyers in Saskatchewan says she is amazed the public does not hear more stories, like the one involving the death of a woman in Sask...

OTTAWA - Senators overwhelmingly approved Wednesday a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying with amendments that would relax access even more than proposed by the government.A revised v...

A GoFundMe for the family of a local healthcare worker in North Battleford has raised more than $85,000.According to the page's organizers, 34 year-old Tom Thomas passed away Monday in the hospital em...