Tag Archives: Health

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

Flu season in Canada 'exceptionally low' so far, public health says
OTTAWA - At this point during last year's flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza. So far this year, there have been just 17. "Influenza is way behind the eight ball he...
Nov 16, 2020

Northern agencies and doctors call for expansion to mandatory mask protocol
The health authority responsible for 33 northern Saskatchewan First Nations communities believes the province's current mandatory masking protocol leaves too many people vulnerable.As it currently sta...
Nov 16, 2020