Tag Archives: Health
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
COVID-19 fears spark increased interest in home births, midwives say
TORONTO - Fear of contracting COVID-19 in hospitals or doctors' offices has prompted some moms-to-be to choose to take on midwives and have their babies at home, midwifery groups say. A recent survey ...
Dec 20, 2020
'We've been there before:' National phone line launches to prevent overdose deaths
A new Canada-wide phone line aims to prevent deadly overdoses by connecting anyone who is alone and using drugs with peers who can quickly call for help if things take a bad turn. "People who have exp...
Dec 20, 2020
2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...
Dec 20, 2020
Pandemic forced Trudeau back to centre stage, improved his political fortunes
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that's turned out...
Dec 20, 2020