Tag Archives: Health
Ontario premier demands increased COVID-19 testing at airports as new variant emerges
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted the federal government Monday for not moving faster on COVID-19 testing for incoming international travellers as a new variant prompted more border closures....
Dec 21, 2020
'A bombshell': Canadians stuck in U.K. face uncertainty after Canada shuts air travel
MONTREAL - Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell."The 52-year-old Canadi...
Dec 21, 2020
Health Canada has final data needed from Moderna to make a decision on vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it will "soon" be ready to announce if it can authorize a second COVID-19 vaccine after receiving final documents from U.S. biotech firm Moderna over the weekend. Moderna's...
Dec 21, 2020
LSSD announces COVID-19 cases in Unity, Cut Knife
Living Sky School Division has announced three cases of COVID-19 at schools within the division.In a release on Monday, LSSD said they were informed on December 19 by Public Health Officials of the po...
Dec 21, 2020
Many Canadians who contracted COVID-19 worried about dying: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll has pulled back the curtains on the fear and anxiety that comes with contracting COVID-19, including widespread concern among those who have tested positive for the illness that th...
Dec 21, 2020
Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP
OTTAWA - The federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately, NDP health critic Don Davies says. Speaking to a virtual news conference...
Dec 21, 2020
5 things we've learned about COVID-19 since the pandemic struck
VANCOUVER - When the first COVID-19 cases trickled into Canada, little was known about the novel coronavirus. Almost one year later, experts have made major strides in cracking the virus's code and un...
Dec 21, 2020
COVID-19 case at St. Mary School and JPII Collegiate
Light of Christ Catholic Schools is alerting the public of a positive COVID-19 case at St. Mary School in North Battleford and at John Paul II Collegiate High School. According to a media release, the...
Dec 20, 2020
Province reports three more COVID-19 deaths, 226 new cases
Saskatchewan is reporting three more people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.All three deaths reported Sunday were in the Regina zone. Two were in the 80 plus age group and one was in the 70...
Dec 20, 2020
Reports say Ontario headed to province-wide lockdown as Nunavut sees 1st COVID deaths
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc across the country on Sunday, causing the first deaths in Nunavut and, according to media reports, pushing Ontario towards a provincewide lockdown. Citin...
Dec 20, 2020