Tag Archives: Health
Liberals face probe into pandemic response after losing House vote
OTTAWA - Opposition parties won their bid Monday to launch a probe of the Liberals' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic following a week of parliamentary turbulence over how to review their management o...
Oct 25, 2020
Canadian provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 reach sobering milestones
MONTREAL - The Canadian provinces hardest hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic released sobering numbers on Sunday, with Quebec's overall case count passing the 100,000 mark and Ontario registering mor...
Oct 25, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposure at Viscount Central School
An individual who tested positive for COVID-19 was at Viscount Central School.The Horizon School Division announced it was aware of the diagnosis on Oct. 23, and families connected to Viscount Central...
Oct 25, 2020
Ontario records more than 1,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for first time
The next week in Ontario's battle with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial, an infections diseases expert said Sunday after the province reported more than 1,000 daily cases for t...
Oct 25, 2020
Inquiry into oil and gas foes to deliver report next year: Kenney
CALGARY - An inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year, at least six month later than its original target, Alberta...
Oct 24, 2020
Top doctor warns severe illness likely to rise, trailing spike in COVID-19 cases
Canada's top physician painted a bleak picture Saturday of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic may take on the country, expressing fears the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations and deaths could inc...
Oct 24, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:52 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2020: There are 213,958 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 99,235 confirmed (including 6,132 deaths, 83,819 r...
Oct 24, 2020
Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq takes two-month health leave
OTTAWA - Nunavut's lone MP says she's taking eight weeks away from work on advice from her doctor. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she's been dealing with unspecified health problems in the year since she was el...
Oct 23, 2020
Nunavut's young people 'should be expecting more' from government services: advocate
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Basic information about young people who have used government services in Nunavut isn't being tracked because of "complacency and a lack of accountability," says the annual report f...
Oct 23, 2020
New U of S dental clinic busy for free day
Prince Albert's newest dental clinic is celebrating three weeks in the community and hosting a free dental day.The University of Saskatchewan College of Dentistry's Prince Albert clinic invited media ...
Oct 23, 2020