Tag Archives: Health
Nunavut declares COVID-19 outbreak at mine contained; some workers can travel home
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says an outbreak of COVID-19 at a gold mine has been contained. Dr. Michael Patterson says there are 10 positive cases and six presumptive case...
Oct 08, 2020
'Friendsgiving': N.S. students create new holiday traditions inside Atlantic bubble
HALIFAX - Haneesha Relwani, third-year marketing student at Acadia University, would normally be preparing at this time of year to travel home to St. Kitts and Nevis to see family. Instead, she and ma...
Oct 08, 2020
No doubt second wave of COVID-19 will hit Indigenous communities harder: Miller
Canada's top doctor says the second wave of COVID-19 has surfaced as a series of regional epidemics and the federal government is warning about rising case numbers on First Nations. "Given what we hav...
Oct 08, 2020
Canadian military-college students report widespread sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report that paints a picture of widespread sexual misconduct at the country's prestigious military colleges is prompting fresh criticism as well as promises of action ...
Oct 08, 2020
Quebec moves more regions to maximum COVID alert as province reports 1,078 new cases
MONTREAL - Authorities moved most of the cities along the St. Lawrence River between Quebec City and Montreal to the highest COVID-19 alert level Thursday, as the government pleaded with people to sta...
Oct 08, 2020
Path to economic recovery filled with risks that need to be managed, Macklem says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is warning that unprecedented economic measures to help families and businesses manage the pandemic may add potholes on the road to recovery. Tiff Mac...
Oct 08, 2020
Latest possible COVID exposures in P.A.
Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is notifying the public about potential exposure to COVID-19 in Prince Albert.In an announcement Wednesday evening the SHA said there were two businesses where a pe...
Oct 07, 2020
COVID-19 diagnoses closes Southend school
Reindeer Lake School in Southend closed Wednesday after a case of coronavirus was diagnosed in an individual at the facility.That's according to a letter addressed to parents by Principal Gail Clarke,...
Oct 07, 2020
Province records 10 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more recoveries
There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province and 11 more recoveries.The provincial total is now at 1,994.The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (four), Central West (one), Central ...
Oct 07, 2020
SHA declares multi-jurisdictional community outbreak, believed to originate in P.A.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared a multi-jurisdictional community transmitted outbreak which contact tracing investigators believe was started in Prince Albert.According to a media...
Oct 07, 2020