Tag Archives: Health
People's Party leader and former MP Maxime Bernier travelled to Florida last fall
OTTAWA - The one-time Conservative cabinet minister and MP who broke ranks to form his own political party is among the Canadians who've headed south in recent months. Maxime Bernier, who leads the li...
Jan 05, 2021
Residents in Far North receive vaccine, five more COVID-related deaths
As the Government of Saskatchewan reported five more fatalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was some further positive news on the vaccination front. The first healthcare providers and long ter...
Jan 05, 2021
B.C. mink farmer decides to destroy 1,000 animals after positive COVID-19 tests
VICTORIA - The operator of a second British Columbia mink farm with animals that tested positive for COVID-19 has euthanized the remaining 1,000 mink, says the province's chief veterinarian. The Frase...
Jan 05, 2021
Nunavut to start vaccinating elders Wednesday; community clinics to begin next week
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says first doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 are to be given Wednesday to residents at Iqaluit's elders home. Elders and front-line health st...
Jan 05, 2021
Canada probing whether delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses could help more people
OTTAWA - Canada is the latest country to investigate how to stretch vaccine doses as far as possible, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have tragic consequences all around the world.Dr. Theresa Ta...
Jan 05, 2021
MLCN ends lockdown status
The lockdown status at Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) has now been downgraded to restricted access.Since 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve, band members were not allowed to leave the community, but now they ...
Jan 05, 2021
Trudeau says he too is frustrated by holiday travellers, pace of vaccine rollout
OTTAWA - Signs pointed Tuesday to the COVID-19 pandemic taking a dark turn in Canada, as the prime minister voiced his own frustration with holiday travel and the slow pace of vaccine rollout. In Lond...
Jan 05, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Stanley Mission
Public officials with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority are declaring a COVID-19 outbreak in Stanley Mission after a number of cases arose from private gatherings on Dec. 25 and Dec. 31. Heal...
Jan 05, 2021
Hope and the Future: despite challenging year local MP looking forward to 2021
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."I would say probably one...
Jan 05, 2021
Quebec City long-term care employee in his 50s dies from COVID-19
MONTREAL - The worker at a Quebec City long-term care home who died of COVID-19 on Jan. 2 was one of the thousands of people who answered the province's call to be trained as patient attendants over t...
Jan 05, 2021