Tag Archives: Health
B.C. premier says province prepared to patch holes in new federal sick-pay benefits
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan says the province is prepared to fill gaps in the federal government's sick-leave program but needs more information on possible cracks in the plan to help employer...
Dec 02, 2020
'I’d love to be home:' N.L. rotational workers facing bullying online
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As Geoff Neville waited this week in a Montreal airport to begin his second day of travel from Nunavut to St. John's, N.L., he said he tries to empathize with the angry people onlin...
Dec 02, 2020
Debate over assisted dying bill extended as clock ticks down on court deadline
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend a government bill on assisted dying to better protect Canadians with disabilities. But Trudeau says he thinks...
Dec 02, 2020
FSIN presses federal government to make First Nations a priority for the COVID vaccine
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is still months away, but the organization that represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan wants to make sure its members have a place reserved in line.The Federat...
Dec 02, 2020
Saskatchewan government apologizes for photo of same-sex couple on World AIDS Day
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is apologizing for using a photo of two men to promote World AIDS Day. The government posted the picture showing the men standing side by side with their heads tou...
Dec 02, 2020
Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say
Canada is drawing closer to making a decision on a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Wednesday as the federal government continued to face pressure to deliver on dos...
Dec 02, 2020
Vaccine priority list must be refined to match available doses: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the priority list of people who will get vaccinated first against COVID-19 has to be refined because the initial six million doses set to arrive in t...
Dec 02, 2020
Courts, not province, control who is released from custody, Minister says
The provincial minister in charge of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety says the government has no authority to control who is on remand or who is released from provincial correctional centres.Ch...
Dec 02, 2020
Half of people living in territories assaulted at least once after age 15: survey
The director of a Yukon women's advocacy group says she's not surprised by a new survey that shows more than 60 per cent of the territory's residents reported being physically or sexually assaulted at...
Dec 02, 2020
Refugee advocates criticize Canada's decision to resume deportations during COVID-19
MONTREAL - Refugee advocates are criticizing Canada's decision to resume deportations before the country irons out the details of a program to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers who have been...
Dec 02, 2020