Tag Archives: Health
Ontario adviser urges caution despite dip in COVID-19 cases, vaccine delays draw ire
A top science adviser says Ontario is far from in the clear despite a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, while some provinces criticized Ottawa for lower-than-expected vaccine shipments and the pandemi...
Jan 28, 2021
Liberal government to voice support for Joe Biden cancelling U.S. 'global gag rule'
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The federal government will voice its support later today when President Joe Biden rescinds the United States' so-called global gag rule. The policy prohibits international non-...
Jan 28, 2021
Holiday season vacations coincide with rise in COVID-19 travel-related cases
OTTAWA - As the federal government prepares to slap new restrictions on international travel, Health Canada data suggest a worrying uptick of infections directly connected to foreign arrivals.While tr...
Jan 28, 2021
Vancouver mayor says he's hopeful Ottawa wants to discuss decriminalization of drugs
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he's encouraged by the federal health minister's commitment to work with the city after it asked that possession of small amounts of illicit drugs be decriminalize...
Jan 27, 2021
B.C. couple accused of flying to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccine to appear in court
WHITEHORSE - A Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get the COVID-19 vaccine will have to answer for their alleged actions in a courtroom. Former Great Canadian Gaming Cor...
Jan 27, 2021
Sandy Bay, Pinehouse changing levels, public notice issued in Buffalo Narrows about COVID cases
The Northern Lights School Division continues to change the level of learning at its facilities based on active COVID-19 cases. This week it was announced students at Sandy Bay's Hector Thiboutot Comm...
Jan 27, 2021
149 new cases of COVID-19, 264 recoveries and six deaths
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has reported 429 vaccines were administered yesterday bringing the provincial total to 34,615.As of January 27, 106 per cent of the doses received have been administe...
Jan 27, 2021
Sexual assaults climbing in Prince Albert: police report
The assistant director of Prince Albert's Safe Shelter for Women says more education and awareness is needed to help lower the number of sexual assaults that occur in the city.Sherry Bates is respondi...
Jan 27, 2021
EU health official blasts slow vaccine delivery, and is consulting with Canada
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is being urged to follow the tough talk of Europe's health minister, who Wednesday accused a vaccine company of not living up to its moral and legal obligations because...
Jan 27, 2021
Every leader must work to rid health-care system of anti-Indigenous racism: Miller
OTTAWA - Canadians expect concrete measures from politicians to ensure everyone - Indigenous people included - has access to first-class medical treatment, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller sai...
Jan 27, 2021