Tag Archives: Health
Sucker River on lockdown as two coronavirus cases emerge
Sucker River will be placed on lockdown as of 6 p.m. Thursday to contain the spread of coronavirus. The announcement by Coun. Devin Bernatchez was made after the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) relea...
Oct 15, 2020
Potential exposure of COVID-19 in North Battleford
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at a number of businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious, including one in North...
Oct 15, 2020
Province records 33 new COVID-19 cases, amends gathering order, releases youth numbers
There are 33 new COVID-19 cases and nine recoveries reported in the province today, Oct. 15.The latest numbers brings the total provincial tally to 2,232 cases. The new cases are located in the Far No...
Oct 15, 2020
Tougher COVID-19 restrictions coming to Winnipeg as Manitoba cases climb
Tougher restrictions are coming to Winnipeg as Manitoba's COVID-19 caseload ticks upward, while Ontario's premier is urging gym enthusiasts in hard-hit regions not to venture elsewhere to work out.&nb...
Oct 15, 2020
COVID-19 positive person or persons were in Nipawin
Nipawin is one of the communities listed in the Saskatchewan Health Authority's latest COVID-19 exposure list.A person or person's who tested positive for the virus was in Nipawin on October 9 and was...
Oct 15, 2020
Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care: Miller
OTTAWA - The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says. He says tha...
Oct 15, 2020
Govts, companies shifted COVID risk management responsibility to individuals: study
TORONTO - A new Canadian study has found that over the first five months of 2020, government and corporate approaches to COVID-19 went from taking decisive, collective action against the pandemic to e...
Oct 15, 2020
Prince Albert Co-operative Health Centre closed due to COVID-19 outbreak
UPDATE: (Friday). The Co-operative Centre reported Friday the COVID-19 outbreak had ended and Public Health had cleared them to re-open. The health centre said it will be limiting in-clinic appointmen...
Oct 15, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:25 p.m. B.C. has recorded its first confirmed case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child after antibody testing show...
Oct 15, 2020
'This year Halloween is only for kids': Quebec premier green-lights trick or treating
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says kids will be able to go door to door and collect candy this Halloween -- as long as they trick or treat with members of their households. Adults, howeve...
Oct 15, 2020