Tag Archives: Health
Advocate says second COVID-19 wave has inmates locked down in 'atrocious' conditions
OTTAWA - Rising COVID-19 case count bodes ill for prison inmates, many of whom remain under partial lockdown without adequate health care, says the head of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry So...
Nov 11, 2020
‘We are losing the battle against this virus’: Saskatchewan doctors hope for more action on COVID
A group of Saskatchewan doctors believes the province is currently losing the fight against COVID-19.280 physicians penned a letter to Premier Scott Moe, Dr. Saqib Shahab and Health Minister Paul Merr...
Nov 11, 2020
Manufacturer moves to bring 'life-changing' cystic fibrosis drugs to Canada
Mark Lindsay wishes his daughter, Chantelle, were here to see the fruition of her fight to bring transformational new therapies for cystic fibrosis to Canada. But Lindsay knows the 23-year-old, who di...
Nov 10, 2020
Coronavirus exposure alert for Keethanow Food Supermarket
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to coronavirus at the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Keethanow Food Supermarket. A public service announcement stat...
Nov 10, 2020
Trump likely 'taking names' on Biden congrats after Trudeau outreach: expert
OTTAWA - The current president of the United States has warranted nary a mention from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect on Saturday. While that might be set...
Nov 10, 2020
127 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
There are 127 new cases of COVID-19 and 111 recoveries reported in Saskatchewan today.The provincial total to date is 4,214 cases.One hundred and twenty five of the new cases are in Saskatchewan and t...
Nov 10, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposure in multiple Sask. communities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of several potential exposures to COVID-19. Here is a list of the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infecti...
Nov 10, 2020
Legion, other veterans groups to get $20M to weather COVID-19
OTTAWA - On the eve of Remembrance Day, the Trudeau government tossed a bone to the Royal Canadian Legion and other veterans' groups battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, promising millions in emergency ...
Nov 10, 2020
Trudeau urges provinces to ask for help as COVID-19 cases surge
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is begging provincial governments to "act now" to slow the spread of COVID-19 after record-breaking spikes of the virus across most of the country in recent days...
Nov 10, 2020
Quebec to fund new native friendship centre in city where Joyce Echaquan died
JOLIETTE, Que. - The Quebec government is investing $3.1 million for a new Native Friendship Centre in a city that was recently shaken by the death of an Indigenous woman in a local hospital. Indigeno...
Nov 10, 2020