Tag Archives: Health
Second Quebec health care worker fired after Indigenous woman's hospital death
MONTREAL - A second health-care worker has been fired in connection with the treatment of an Indigenous woman who was subjected to degrading remarks in a hospital northeast of Montreal before she died...
Oct 01, 2020
Airline unions call on Ottawa for $7 billion in loans for ailing industry
Labour leaders are calling on Ottawa to provide immediate financial aid and rapid viral testing to an airline industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The heads of two pilots' unions and Unifor a...
Oct 01, 2020
'Staying calm:' Nunavut's top doctor trying to keep Far North safe from COVID-19
IQALUIT, Nunavut - In Nunavut, Dr. Michael Patterson is a household name. As the territory's chief public health officer, he leads the team responsible for keeping COVID-19 out of Nunavut's 25 c...
Oct 01, 2020
Local pharmacies encourage flu shot appointments ahead of 'very difficult season'
Beginning Oct. 19, Saskatchewan residents will be able to receive a flu shot to protect themselves from influenza this winter.With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the world, local health professi...
Oct 01, 2020
Colouring books educate youth about suicide
A group that works with inner city youth has donated 27 boxes of colouring books to Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), one box for each school with the PAGC's member communities.The Kookum and Kids c...
Oct 01, 2020
Promise of hybrid sittings clears way for Senate to deal with worker-aid bill
OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate is promising to introduce a motion Friday to hold hybrid sittings of the upper house during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Marc Gold's promise clear...
Oct 01, 2020
Teachers worried about their health, quality of education as they deal with COVID-19
OTTAWA - Kelly Main says she has never felt as exhausted and stressed during her 27 years of teaching high school as she has since returning to the classroom this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic.As ...
Oct 01, 2020
Quebec cities face new COVID-19 restrictions as Ontario contends with testing backlog
Quebec reported 16 more deaths Thursday as it began the first day of new restrictions meant to flatten a spike in COVID-19 infections, while Ontario tweaked its school screening guidelines and a hospi...
Oct 01, 2020
Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising to finally spend $10 billion that has sat in the accounts of its infrastructure financing agency for years, hoping to create thousands of post-pandemic job...
Oct 01, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 6:36 p.m. B.C. has conducted a record number of daily COVID-19 tests while diagnosing another 82 cases in the province. Prov...
Oct 01, 2020