Tag Archives: Health
UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
LONDON - Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford Universi...
Jan 04, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic an opportunity to reform Quebec's devastated long-term care homes
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was marked by images from long-term care homes: isolated seniors peering out from windows, bodies in zippered bags on stretchers exiting imposing brick build...
Jan 04, 2021
Hope and the Future: Concern For Youth still there to offer support to kids after challenging year
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.Concern For Youth is star...
Jan 03, 2021
Feds weigh cutting COVID-19 benefit for travellers as Canada surpasses 600,000 cases
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government mulled the possibility of barring Canadians who travelled abroad from receiving a sick leave benefit aimed at those who must quarantine due to COVID-19 on Sunda...
Jan 03, 2021
'Sky is the limit:' Pilot project using drones to send medical supplies, COVID tests
MORLEY, Alta. - The windswept foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains are the setting for a pilot project using drones to deliver medical supplies and personal protective equipment to remote communitie...
Jan 02, 2021
First Canadian babies of 2021 born as the clock struck midnight
MONTREAL - A baby born in a Montreal hospital may have been the first Canadian newborn of 2021. The Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital said Friday that a boy named Arthur was born precisely at midnight. Th...
Jan 01, 2021
A new year renews concerns for hospitals grappling with COVID-19, experts warn
OTTAWA - The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesn't leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients ...
Jan 01, 2021
Alberta cabinet minister 'naive' in travelling to Hawaii for holiday tradition
EDMONTON - Alberta's municipal affairs minister apologized Friday for vacationing in Hawaii, despite recommendations to stay home, explaining that she wanted to keep up a 17-year family tradition of s...
Jan 01, 2021
Hope and the future: Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation
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.After being forced to make...
Jan 01, 2021
Emergency services show support for healthcare workers
Emergency services lit up the Prince Albert evening air on New Year's Eve in a strong show of support for healthcare workers at the Victoria Hospital.The parade of ambulances, fire trucks and police c...
Jan 01, 2021