Tag Archives: Health

COVID-19 crisis cascading in U.S. as presidential election drama recedes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Every day, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg joins the countless ranks of U.S. commuters still making their way to work in the national capital. In the city where she once worked as...
Nov 17, 2020

Growing number of Canadians plan to get vaccinated for COVID-19
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the proportion of Canadians planning to get vaccinated for COVID-19 is on the rise after encouraging initial results from Pfizer's vaccine trial. Sixty-nine per cent of re...
Nov 17, 2020

COVID case at Humboldt school
Officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority are reporting a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at St. Augustine School in Humboldt. A media release from Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools la...
Nov 16, 2020

COVID case at Carlton High School
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Carlton Comprehensive Public High School.A media release from the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Divisi...
Nov 16, 2020

Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is at a dangerous plateau, with almost 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, 20 new deaths and overwhelmed contact tra...
Nov 16, 2020

Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is at a dangerous plateau, with almost 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, 20 new deaths and overwhelmed contact cha...
Nov 16, 2020

Good news even if questions remain, VIDO-InterVac head says of Moderna announcement
The head of the Saskatoon lab working toward a COVID-19 vaccine hasn't seen the data behind the promising claims being made by a U.S. pharmaceutical company.On Monday morning, Moderna announced its va...
Nov 16, 2020

What'sHappeningNOW Nov. 16, 2020
Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell talks about NITHA and other northern communities calling for expansion to mandatory mask protocol.
Nov 16, 2020

Manitoba reserve on lockdown after all residents at care home infected with COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Every resident of a long-term care home on a northern Manitoba reserve where the number of infections almost doubled in a day has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Indigenous community...
Nov 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada surpasses 300,000 COVID cases, more than 100,000 in past month
Canada reached a troubling milestone on Monday, surpassing 300,000 total COVID cases since the pandemic began earlier this year, and health experts are alarmed - but not surprised - by the rapid growt...
Nov 16, 2020