Tag Archives: Health
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
Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine if shortage
OTTAWA - Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in a bid to get more people a first dose faster. The National Advisory Committee on Imm...
Jan 13, 2021
Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine if shortage
OTTAWA - Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says a worsening pandemic and limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines are good enough reasons to temporarily delay giving a second dose but would pref...
Jan 13, 2021
Pandemic worsening mental health for women more than men, poll suggests
OTTAWA - Aisha Addo was having a talk just the other day with a close friend about how they were faring as the pandemic stretched into 2021.She said her friend spoke candidly about feeling like she wa...
Jan 13, 2021
B.C. care home allowed group activities to continue after positive test
VANCOUVER - Parbs Bains had a "sinking feeling" when she heard a single staff member tested positive for COVID-19 at her grandmother's care home. On Nov. 20, Little Mountain Place sent an email to fam...
Jan 13, 2021
Doctors, nurses call on B.C. to test surgical, emergency patients for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Testing patients for COVID-19 before their scheduled surgery and transfer to wards from emergency departments could reduce hospital outbreaks in British Columbia as cases rise, the results...
Jan 13, 2021
Feds' challenge of ruling on First Nations children 'a slap in the face': AFN
OTTAWA - The federal government's appeal of a ruling that expanded First Nations children's rights to public services is "a slap in the face," says the Assembly of First Nations. The November ruling b...
Jan 13, 2021