Tag Archives: Health
COVID-19 vaccine clinics set for Wakaw, Cudworth, Rosthern and surrounding areas
Senior residents in Wakaw, Cudworth, Rosthern and the surrounding area will have the chance to get their COVID-19 vaccines soon.The Pfizer vaccine will be available to those 70 years of age and over, ...
Jan 13, 2021
Racism towards Cowichan Tribes in COVID-19 fight is denounced by federal minister
VICTORIA - Racist comments directed towards a British Columbia Indigenous community fighting a COVID-19 outbreak were denounced Wednesday by federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller. Miller sa...
Jan 13, 2021
Ontario expedites COVID-19 vaccinations in long-term care
Canada's largest province laid out its plan Wednesday to administer the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in all nursing and high-risk retirement homes by the middle of next month as it works to boos...
Jan 13, 2021
Province records 247 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths
As of January 13, a total of 10,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan. The detailed vaccine report for Jan. 13 has not been received by the province and will be included...
Jan 13, 2021
A chance to win: Nunavut community holds raffle for those getting COVID vaccinations
ARVIAT, Nunavut - The Nunavut community hit hardest by COVID-19 is offering cash prizes for people who get vaccinated. Arviat, a community of about 1,800 people on the western shore of Hudson Bay, had...
Jan 13, 2021
Husband of Quebec doctor who took her own life shines light on pandemic burnout
MONTREAL - The husband of a Quebec emergency room doctor who took her own life this month wants to shine a light on the mental health toll endured by those on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. D...
Jan 13, 2021
JPII finds another COVID-19 case
Another COVID-19 case has been diagnosed at John Paul II Collegiate High School.Officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority informed Light of Christ Catholic School Division of the diagnosis earl...
Jan 13, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:15 p.m. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control's website says the province is reporting 519 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths. ...
Jan 13, 2021
Ottawa announces $1.2B more to help Indigenous communities fight COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will spend $1.2 billion in new funding to help Indigenous communities keep fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.That includes another $380 milli...
Jan 13, 2021
Seven residents at Montreal care home get COVID despite receiving first vaccine dose
MONTREAL - Quebec health authorities are examining how seven residents of a Montreal long-term care centre contracted COVID-19 despite being among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in t...
Jan 13, 2021