Tag Archives: Health
COVID case at Canwood school
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Canwood Public School in Canwood, north west of Prince Albert. In a media release, the Saskatchewan Rivers...
Nov 21, 2020
COVID-19 cases keep surging in Canada as four provinces report new one-day highs
OTTAWA - Four provinces reported new highs for daily COVID-19 infections on Saturday as the virus continued its siege on some of the country's most vulnerable areas. Health officials in New Brunswick,...
Nov 21, 2020
Record 439 new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) reported 439 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a new one-day record. There are also new records for active cases with 2,537 and people in hospital due to COVID-19...
Nov 21, 2020
'You will be refused entry or asked to leave': SHA highlights need for mask wearing
Wear a mask and wear it properly, otherwise you could be asked to leave.That's one of the key messages from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as they remind everyone who enters their facilities ...
Nov 21, 2020
After COVID-related transplant delays, 16-year-old N.S. girl gets lung transplant
HALIFAX - A teenaged girl who set out with her grandmother and mother last spring on a 1,800-kilometre RV trip to seek her new lungs has received the life-changing operation in an era of COVID-related...
Nov 21, 2020
Trudeau's efforts to bring rivals onside falters in face of new COVID-19 modelling
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered. While Trudeau stood...
Nov 21, 2020
A long way from lab bench to bedside: Virus experts urge COVID-19 vaccine caution
Despite recent optimism over reported results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, virologists say there is still a long way from lab bench to bedside. "You would think by this stage of the pandemic we would...
Nov 20, 2020
Saskatchewan in ‘dangerous territory,’ says chief medical health officer
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the province is experiencing its first true wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March.Speaking on Gormley on Friday, Dr. Saqib Shahab said as ...
Nov 20, 2020
'Hardship is not a new thing': Nunavut fights COVID-19 as cases continue to rise
IQALUIT - It has been just over two weeks since Nunavut declared its first case of COVID-19, but it's still unknown how 84 people were infected so quickly in the territory. Nunavut is home to about 39...
Nov 20, 2020
Feds need better data on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Miller
OTTAWA - A rapid rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities on reserve - especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan - likely does not tell the full story due to lack of data,...
Nov 20, 2020