Tag Archives: Health
Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses
TORONTO - Migrant care workers are increasingly being exploited during the COVID-19 pandemic, an advocacy group said Wednesday as it called on the federal government to bolster protections for the wor...
Oct 28, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:30 p.m. B.C. reported 287 new cases for a total of 13,875 and two more deaths, bringing the number of people who have died to ...
Oct 28, 2020
COVID-19 case at St.Mary High School
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is letting the public know about a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Ecole St. Mary High School. In a media release, director of education Lorel Tru...
Oct 28, 2020
Judge rejects youths' lawsuit that asks Canada to develop climate recovery plan
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has rejected claims by 15 young people asking that Ottawa be compelled to develop a climate recovery plan based on science, but their lawyers say the ruling will be a...
Oct 27, 2020
Alberta COVID deaths pushes Canada past milestone of 10,000 deaths
Canada reached a grim and worrying milestone Tuesday in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 10,000 novel coronavirus deaths. Alberta reported two deaths from COVID-19 to lift the national tally to 10,00...
Oct 27, 2020
Government Senate rep proposes less partisan review of pandemic response
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking senators to conduct a "dispassionate" review of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - as partisan combat over the issue continues among elected members of t...
Oct 27, 2020
Top public servant offers to explain redactions to WE Charity documents
OTTAWA - The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair. Ian Shugart, clerk of...
Oct 27, 2020
Province records 58 new cases, releases Halloween guidelines
There are 58 new cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the provincial total to 2,841. The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), Far North East (one), North West (eight), North Central (si...
Oct 27, 2020
Local business temporarily closes after COVID-19 exposure: ‘We’ll always err on the side of caution’
Since the government lifted restrictions and allowed gyms and other businesses to reopen in May, Hillside Physical Health and Fitness took safety protocols seriously."What we were doing was probably o...
Oct 27, 2020
Province releases new exposure location list
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is informing the public of potential exposures to COVID-19. The following businesses are where a person or persons attended while likely infectious.North BattlefordOc...
Oct 27, 2020