Tag Archives: Health
Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible
FREDERICTON - A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely avail...
Oct 14, 2020
Quebec's stabilizing rate of COVID-19 cases a cause for 'restrained optimism': expert
MONTREAL - Two weeks after Quebec imposed a partial lockdown on its two biggest cities, the number of new, daily COVID-19 infections reported by health authorities has stabilized. The fact the d...
Oct 14, 2020
Masks now mandatory at several tri-community businesses
The number of businesses requiring the mandatory wearing of masks is increasing in the tri-communities. As of Oct. 13, masks will be required upon entry at six stores operated by Keethanow Group of Bu...
Oct 13, 2020
'Wake-up call:' Manitoba chief says increasing COVID-19 cases on reserves concerning
WINNIPEG - A COVID-19 outbreak at a fly-in reserve in Manitoba and increasing infections in First Nations populations in the province has leaders worried. "It's a wake-up call for all of us," sa...
Oct 13, 2020
New law needed to allow safe byelections in COVID-19 pandemic: Greens' Annamie Paul
OTTAWA - Green party Leader Annamie Paul is calling on the government to pass legislation proposed by Elections Canada on holding safe balloting before carrying on with byelections in two Toronto ridi...
Oct 13, 2020
Province records 34 new cases of COVID-19, gathering sizes in private residences to be reduced to 15
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 34 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 more recoveries in Saskatchewan.The new cases are located in the North Central (nine), Saskatoon (eight), Central West (four...
Oct 13, 2020
COVID-19 stress affecting many people: U of R professor
COVID-19 isn't just affecting people physically in 2020.The global pandemic has been causing a lot of stress on people. Dr. Gordon Asmundson, a psychology professor at the University of Regina, says a...
Oct 13, 2020
New drugs under development at U of S that target aggressive breast cancers
Two University of Saskatchewan doctors hope two new breast cancer treatments they're developing will drastically decrease the number of deaths from the disease.Radiopharmacist Dr. Humphrey Fonge and h...
Oct 13, 2020
Potential COVID-19 exposures in Prince Albert, several Sask. communities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting Saskatchewan residents about possible COVID-19 exposures at businesses in multiple communities across the province, including Prince Albert.Esterhaz...
Oct 13, 2020
Canadians divided over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines, priority inoculations
OTTAWA - Canadians appear to be turning against mandatory COVID-19 inoculations whenever a vaccine becomes available, with a new poll suggesting the number of people opposed to the idea is growing. Th...
Oct 13, 2020