Tag Archives: Health
SHA temporarily closes Naicam health clinic
Naicam Primary Health Care Clinic is temporarily closed.The Saskatchewan Healthy Authority (SHA) announced the closure would take in effect immediately as of Thursday, Dec. 10. The SHA cited a staffin...
Dec 10, 2020
Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster
OTTAWA - A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster. Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107...
Dec 10, 2020
Provinces awash in second wave, sharpen focus of vaccine rollout plans
TORONTO - Canada's initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine came into clearer focus Thursday as Ontario announced it would go ahead with its first immunizations on Tuesday, while high case counts conti...
Dec 10, 2020
Sask. health care organizations join forces in online campaign targeting young adults COVID awareness
Health care organizations across Saskatchewan are teaming up in an online ad campaign that targets young adults and asks them to "hang in there" by following public health guidelines to prevent the sp...
Dec 10, 2020
Vaccine delivery plan provides 'much-needed hope' for seniors in the northeast
The Saskatchewan government announced their COVID-19 vaccine delivery plan on Wednesday resulting in some much-needed hope around the province.Priority populations will be vaccinated later this month ...
Dec 10, 2020
Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules
VANCOUVER - Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. But she says it rose to a new level as th...
Dec 10, 2020
Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules
VANCOUVER - Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. But she says it rose to a new level as th...
Dec 10, 2020
'Dereliction of duty': Ombudswoman slams Quebec long-term care COVID-19 response
MONTREAL - An ombudswoman's report has found that during the first wave of COVID-19, Quebec's long-term care system failed in its duty to ensure the safety and dignity of residents, some of whom died ...
Dec 10, 2020
Budget officer blasts lack of detail in Liberals' $100B stimulus plan
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is raising red flags over the lack of details in the Liberal government's $100-billion stimulus plan, suggesting Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's phone is lik...
Dec 10, 2020
Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband
VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...
Dec 10, 2020