Tag Archives: Health
First Pfizer vaccine shots to be given right at delivery sites, not LTC homes: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are likely to be given only to people who can physically be at one of the 14 delivery sites identified b...
Dec 08, 2020
Trump signs order to put Americans at head of vaccine line, vows to work with world
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States will "work with the world" to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday, even as he signed an order aimed at putting Americans at the head...
Dec 08, 2020
Conservatives prepared to debate assisted-dying bill around the clock: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Many people will suffer needlessly if Conservatives continue filibustering a bill on medically assisted dying beyond a court-imposed deadline of Dec. 18, Justice Minister David Lametti said T...
Dec 08, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, Dec. 8
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:49 p.m. The Alberta government is ordering the closure of all casinos and gyms, banning dine-in service at restaurant...
Dec 08, 2020
Visitor limitations in place as COVID-19 cases increase in Meadow Lake
Due to a rise of COVID-19 cases in Meadow Lake, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is advising residents to follow public health guidelines, adding there will be new visitation limits at Meadow L...
Dec 07, 2020
Prince Albert COVID compliance complaints surpasses 100, but no charges laid
The public health messages surrounding COVID-19 may still be sinking in for many people in the Prince Albert area, according to the latest statistics from the Prince Albert Police Service. For the per...
Dec 07, 2020
Eight people test positive for COVID-19 at B.C. mink farm, outbreak declared
BURNABY, B.C. - A health authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm after eight people at the operation in British Columbia's Fraser Valley tested positive for the disease. Fraser Healt...
Dec 07, 2020
Province records 60th death, 274 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported another resident from the Regina zone who tested positive for COVID-19 and was in their 60s has died.There are 274 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskat...
Dec 07, 2020
Outbreak on Sturgeon Lake First Nation declared over
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in the Sturgeon Lake First Nation over.According to a media release, the outbreak that was announced on Oct. 21 is declare...
Dec 07, 2020
First doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, not yet approved, to land in Canada next week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Canadian soil by the end of the month, with the first doses delivered next week.Health Canad...
Dec 07, 2020