Tag Archives: Health
COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Quebec and Ontario; cases spike in New Brunswick
MONTREAL - A decline in the number hospitalizations in Ontario and Quebec on Sunday provided some small glimmers of a hope in a day marked by a rising COVID-19 death toll and record-breaking cases in ...
Jan 17, 2021
Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts
VANCOUVER - Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say. T...
Jan 17, 2021
B.C. travel ban will harm struggling tourism sector, says industry coalition
VICTORIA - A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the province against considering a domestic travel ban, saying restricting travel between provinces to fight COVID-19 would...
Jan 16, 2021
Canada surpasses 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as provinces revisit vaccine plans
Canada's procurement minister urged drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to get the country's COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule back on track as soon as possible as cases of the novel coronavirus surged past th...
Jan 16, 2021
Meadow Lake Hospital not offering obstetrical services until further notice
UPDATE: As of 3:40 p.m. Monday, the SHA has reported the service disruption at Meadow Lake Hospital will continue until further notice. Although, they explained the unit is closed because of a COVID-1...
Jan 15, 2021
B.C. hospice refusing to provide medically assisted dying must vacate premises
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice that has refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious objections will have to vacate a facility in Delta, B.C., by the end of March.Health Minister Adrian ...
Jan 15, 2021
FSIN renews call for First Nations hospital, amidst complaints over elder treatment at Prince Albert hospital
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Executive has issued a press release, claiming they have received a number of calls regarding the "poor and unprofessional treatment" of two elder...
Jan 15, 2021
North Central Medical Health Officer urges residents to 'pull together' to bring down case numbers
Amid rising case numbers, the medical health officer for the North Central region of Saskatchewan says it's up to residents to work together to fight COVID-19. "The residents of North Central are very...
Jan 15, 2021
NLSD announces how schools will open across the north next week
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has announced how students will proceed with classes next week. Communities where schools are permitted to open at level two, which is full in-class learning...
Jan 15, 2021
A look at other Canadian elections that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic
Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador learned today they will be heading to the polls on Feb. 13. They're not the first to be asked to choose their next government in the middle of a global pandemic. A ...
Jan 15, 2021