Tag Archives: Health
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
Council approves permit for new cold weather shelter
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, local non-profit groups are moving ahead with plans to open a new cold weather shelter with support from Prince Albert city council.The city's politicians unanimou...
Oct 14, 2020
Pre-Cam closes due to positive case of coronavirus
The only elementary school in La Ronge is closed until further notice after a case of coronavirus was identified there.That's according to a letter released Wednesday to parents from Northern Lights S...
Oct 14, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court tosses parents' challenge of province's school reopening plans
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by two parents who wanted the province to implement tougher COVID-19 safety measures before schools reopened...
Oct 14, 2020
NITHA announces COVID-19 outbreak at Red Earth Cree Nation
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Red Earth Cree Nation.Public health said in a release that individuals that have tested positive were at a wedding ev...
Oct 14, 2020
New North calls for restoration of NORTEP in 2020 provincial election wish list
New North is calling for the reinstatement of the Northern Teacher Education Program (NORTEP) as part of its 2020 provincial election wish list."That was such a great program for northern people," New...
Oct 14, 2020