Tag Archives: Health
Curfew goes into effect in Quebec amid soaring COVID-19 case numbers across Canada
COVID-19 numbers continued to soar in many parts of Canada on Saturday as a long-standing pandemic hot spot imposed the country's strictest public health measures to date. Quebec Premier Francois Lega...
Jan 09, 2021
Mandatory online learning leaves single parents with impossible choice
Every day, Jessy Duncombe has to figure out how to put food on the table, help her two school-aged kids navigate the complexities of online learning, and keep her three-year-old daughter occupied and ...
Jan 09, 2021
Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate dies of COVID-19 complications
An inmate from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary died outside the hospital after "an apparent result of complications related to COVID-19," the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced Saturday. Thi...
Jan 09, 2021
Inmate vaccination plan rolls out; COVID spreads at Willow Cree Healing Lodge
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to federal inmates.The 600 doses were distributed Friday amongst Saskatoon's Regional Psychiatric Centre, the Regional Treatment Centre i...
Jan 09, 2021
They stayed the blazes home: Why East Coast politicians avoided COVID travel scandal
HALIFAX - While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a ...
Jan 09, 2021
Victoria no longer flushes raw sewage into ocean after area opens treatment plant
VICTORIA - The Greater Victoria area no longer uses surrounding ocean waters to flush away raw effluent now that a $775 million sewage plant has started treating the equivalent of 43 Olympic-sized poo...
Jan 09, 2021
Curfew now in effect across Quebec; heavy police presence expected
MONTREAL - Police cars with flashing lights were out in force in the streets of Montreal on Saturday night as a curfew meant to curb a rising tide of COVID-19 cases took effect across Quebec. The meas...
Jan 09, 2021
NITHA announces end of Flying Dust COVID-19 outbreak; vaccinations to begin next week
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) has declared an end to the COVID-19 outbreak announced on December 12 for the Flying Dust Health-Administration Centre. NITHA Medical Health Officer ...
Jan 08, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Ottawa shelter linked to LTC workers, commission heard
A COVID-19 outbreak at an Ottawa women's shelter was linked to two long-term care workers who were staying at the facility because their income couldn't cover their rent, an independent commission has...
Jan 08, 2021
Moderna inoculations begin in La Ronge
Rhoda Wood, a registered nurse at the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Jeannie Bird Clinic, was the first resident of the tri-communities to receive the Moderna vaccine Friday."I encourage other health care...
Jan 08, 2021