Tag Archives: Health
Province tells public to keep New Year celebrations small, records 190 new COVID-19 cases
The province is urging the public to stay safe this New Year's Eve by celebrating with only your household and making virtual connections instead of in-person ones. The provincial government issued th...
Dec 31, 2020
Finance note says lifting lockdowns, restrictions no sure road to economic recovery
OTTAWA - Officials believed in late summer that an economic recovery would not magically happen if lockdowns and public health restrictions disappeared, a newly obtained federal document shows.The int...
Dec 31, 2020
Two week lockdown starts tonight at Montreal Lake Cree Nation
In response to band members not complying with COVID-19 restrictions, and a continual rise in positive cases, a two week lockdown begins Thursday night at Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN).According to...
Dec 31, 2020
Hope and the Future: a challenging year but city still pursuing goals
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories."Hopefully, we are going ...
Dec 31, 2020
Orthodox Jewish group says its Quebec schools aren't breaking law by staying open
MONTREAL - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish group says its schools aren't violating a Quebec government decree by staying open and it's accusing the education minister of using the Hasidic community as a scap...
Dec 31, 2020
Liberals say testing rules for air travellers land Jan.7, urge people to prepare
OTTAWA - Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged vacationers abroad to...
Dec 31, 2020
'After a week we thought gosh she's gonna make it': 106-year-old Prince Albert woman beats COVID-19
In her lifetime, Prince Albert's Rubena Wenzel has lived through world wars and now survived two pandemics, the Spanish flu in 1918 and COVID-19 in 2020.Roughly two and a half weeks after her initial ...
Dec 31, 2020
Horgan says B.C. will focus on pandemic economic recovery, health reform in 2021
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says economic recovery and health-care changes are the British Columbia government's top priorities for 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic tested people individually and t...
Dec 31, 2020
'You have to know it's time to go': N.S. premier reflects on tragic year, retirement
HALIFAX - When Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil privately decided earlier this year he would retire after 17 years in politics, he had no idea of the challenges he was about to face. Like all Canadi...
Dec 31, 2020
B.C. mom who gave birth in a coma due to COVID-19 discharged from hospital
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A mother who had an emergency C-section in British Columbia while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 returned home to her family in time for Christmas. Gillian McIntosh wa...
Dec 30, 2020