Tag Archives: Health
After tough year, N.S. care homes find hope in vaccine, look for meaningful reform
HALIFAX - After almost a year of leading Atlantic Canada's largest non-profit care home through the COVID-19 crisis, Janet Simm sees "elements of hope" in 2021. "Vaccinations are the light at the end ...
Dec 24, 2020
'Grave risk:' Advocates say inmates should get speedy access to COVID-19 vaccine
Advocates say inmates should have speedy access to the COVID-19 vaccine, given how susceptible prisons and jails have been to outbreaks and how prevalent chronic disease is in that population. "I don'...
Dec 24, 2020
Senior snowbirds congregate in B.C. when wings clipped by COVID-19 border closures
VANCOUVER - On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 p...
Dec 24, 2020
Temporary closure at Porcupine Carragana hospital
The Porcupine Carragana Hospital will be closed for four days.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced that the closure will be in effect from Dec. 24 at 8 a.m. to Dec. 28 at 8 a.m.The SHA ci...
Dec 23, 2020
North Battleford ICU capacity increasing by December 31
North Battleford Saskatchewan Hospital will have the capacity to more than triple the number of beds for the Intensive Care Unit by December 31, should the need arise.The Saskatchewan Health Authority...
Dec 23, 2020
Province records 159 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths
Five people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died in the province, marking a total of 130 deaths in Saskatchewan to date. Over half of those deaths have occurred this month.Two deaths in the 70-79 age gro...
Dec 23, 2020
Masks distributed to Quebec daycares since May are faulty, says families minister
MONTREAL - Quebec authorities say masks that have been distributed to daycares across the province since May don't meet provincial safety standards. The Families Department issued a notice Tuesday cal...
Dec 23, 2020
Adjusted holiday hours at COVID-19 drive-thru testing site
Prince Albert's drive-thru testing site will have modified hours over the holiday season. The option has proven to be a popular one since it opened on Dec. 2 at The Cone Shop Car Wash on Sixth Avenue ...
Dec 23, 2020
VIDO-Intervac gets green light to begin COVID-19 clinical trials
VIDO-Intervac's COVID-19 vaccine has cleared another milestone.The research facility at the University of Saskatchewan was given the green light from Health Canada to begin its Phase 1 clinical trial ...
Dec 23, 2020
Pandemic dampening 'Tibb's Eve,' the unique N.L. holiday with folkloric origins
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In Newfoundland and Labrador, Dec. 23 - also known as Tibb's Eve - is an unofficial holiday unique to the province, born out of folklore and turned into a big night for St. John's b...
Dec 23, 2020