Tag Archives: Health
Nunavut confirms nine positive COVID-19 cases at mine, others presumptive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has confirmed nine positive cases of COVID-19 at the Hope Bay gold mine in the western part of the territory. The Nunavut government announced the positive cases in a ...
Oct 05, 2020
Assisted dying bill reintroduced as court deadline looms
OTTAWA - The federal government reintroduced Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying - just two months before a court-imposed deadline. The government has until Dec. 18...
Oct 05, 2020
Trudeau tested negative for COVID in August after feeling throat 'tickle'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that he tested negative for COVID-19 recently after he developed a "tickle" in his throat. It is the first time Trudeau has revealed he was ever test...
Oct 05, 2020
Nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
There are nine new cases of COVID-19 and 19 more recoveries in Saskatchewan.The new cases are in the Saskatoon (one), Central East (five), Regina (one), South Central (one) and South East (one) zones....
Oct 05, 2020
New support programs begin for Canadians with COVID-19 or caring for people with it
OTTAWA - Canadians forced to miss work because of COVID-19 can start applying for financial support from the federal government this week.The new benefits come amid concerns about new lockdowns and jo...
Oct 05, 2020
Local mother asks 'not to judge a book by its cover' ahead of World Cerebral Palsy Day
Seizures, sleeping problems, and colds that become pneumonia or bronchitis are just a few of the issues that two-year-old Daelyn Wozniak has already had to deal with in his young life.Wozniak suffered...
Oct 05, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 6:28 p.m. B.C.'s top doctor says the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province is not ticking upwards as rapidly as it ...
Oct 05, 2020
Officials 'steering in uncertain waters' in tackling 2nd wave of COVID-19: Tam
The complexities of the current wave of COVID-19 are spurring regions with rising cases to adopt different measures as they seek to turn the tide of the pandemic, Canada's top public health offic...
Oct 05, 2020
SARS was 'dress rehearsal for COVID-19' but Canada failed health-care workers: report
Canada put health-care workers at risk of contracting COVID-19 and taking it home to their families because it failed to learn lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, a new report says...
Oct 05, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 05, 2020