Tag Archives: Health

Province records 82 new cases of COVID-19 — highest single day total
Today, the province is reporting 82 new cases of COVID-19, and 41 recoveries. The new daily total is the highest single day number of cases the province has seen so far, with active cases (707) tripli...
Oct 29, 2020

Ethics watchdog clears Morneau of accepting gift from WE Charity
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has cleared former finance minister Bill Morneau of failing to disclose a gift from WE Charity. In a letter to Morneau, ethics commissioner Mario Dion says he acce...
Oct 29, 2020

Federal election during the pandemic would be challenging but feasible: PHAC official
OTTAWA - A senior official at the Public Health Agency of Canada says holding a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic would be feasible, despite the logistical challenges that Elections Canada...
Oct 29, 2020

Canada's ban on big cruise ships extended until February
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says big cruise ships will be banned from Canadian waters at least until the end of February now. The same extension is being applied to the ban on smaller ves...
Oct 29, 2020

46 cases of COVID-19 linked to wedding events in Vaughan, Ont., health officials say
Charges are possible after more than 100 people attended a wedding north of Toronto that's linked to COVID-19 infections across much of southern Ontario, health officials said Thursday as they added t...
Oct 29, 2020

Alarm bells ring over COVID-19 and long-term care; Ontario sees slowing virus growth
Politicians, advocates and public health officials were ringing the alarm Thursday over COVID-19's impact on long-term care homes as new modelling out of Ontario projected the virus will spread at a m...
Oct 29, 2020

More pandemics coming if environmental issues not dealt with: report
An international group of scientists has concluded pandemic problems are just starting unless the world moves to deal with the issues creating them. "The factors driving pandemics are human activities...
Oct 29, 2020

Trudeau, EU leaders express faith in America and call for return to multilateralism
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the European Union's two top political leaders expressed faith in the American people Thursday ahead of a U.S. presidential election where the outcome will h...
Oct 28, 2020

COVID-19 death rates higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says communities with the most visible minorities had the highest mortality rates during the first wave of the novel coronavirus.The report's authors say it is ...
Oct 28, 2020

Province issues new restrictions on nightclubs to slow COVID-19 spread
A new public health order which will include stronger restrictions on nightclubs will be issued today and are set to take effect Oct. 30. This is due to the increase in COVID-19 cases across Saskatche...
Oct 28, 2020