Tag Archives: Health
COVID outbreak declared at P.A. care home
The provincial government is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at Good Shephard Villas care home in Prince Albert.The information was posted on the government's update page, dated Saturday Dec.12.An outbr...
Dec 14, 2020
Stricter public health measures starting Thursday
The Government of Saskatchewan will be implementing new public health measures on Dec. 17, 19 and 25. It says COVID-19 cases continue to cause significant, on-going community transmission and are incr...
Dec 14, 2020
Province records over 100 new COVID-19 cases in North
Over a hundred new COVID-19 cases were reported in the province's North as the Saskatchewan Health Authority urges those in that area of the province to refrain from travelling.Today, two individuals ...
Dec 14, 2020
Senators likely to propose major amendments to assisted dying bill
OTTAWA - It was out of the political frying pan and into the fire Monday for the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medically assisted dying. Opening debate on Bill C-7 began in the Senate,...
Dec 14, 2020
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Monday, Dec. 14
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:25 p.m. The first doses of COVID-19 vaccines are in B.C. and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says vaccinations star...
Dec 14, 2020
First COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Canada, kicking off massive campaign
TORONTO - A long-term care resident in Quebec and a nursing home worker in Ontario received Canada's first COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, kicking off the largest immunization campaign in the country...
Dec 14, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario administers first COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto
TORONTO - Ontario has administered the provinces' first COVID-19 vaccination to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home.Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, receive...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds for global COVID-19 effort
OTTAWA - Canada is helping fund the creation of a new international system to help distribute any extra COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries, says International Development Minister Karina Gould. "Cana...
Dec 14, 2020
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans
The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Monday in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.The Canadian military is ass...
Dec 14, 2020
'A big, historic day': Quebecers in long-term care homes start getting COVID vaccine
MONTREAL - It was declared a "historic" day in Quebec as the first COVID-19 vaccines were given Monday to residents of two long-term care homes in the province.Gloria Lallouz, a resident of Montreal's...
Dec 14, 2020