Tag Archives: Health
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
Ontario ponders end to six-month abstinence requirement for liver transplants
TORONTO - A contentious requirement that would-be liver transplant recipients stay away from alcohol for six months could be scrapped, according to a new recommendation before the agency that runs Ont...
Oct 28, 2020
Long-term care deaths surged in COVID-19 first wave, Tam hopeful it won't repeat
Long-term care deaths accounted for nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Canada during the first wave of the pandemic, but the country's chief public health officer thinks a repeat can be avoided a...
Oct 28, 2020
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against Kenney government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, provincewide general strikes. Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020