Tag Archives: Health
Blanchet, O'Toole return to Parliament, urge Canadians to guard against COVID-19
OTTAWA - A sombre Yves-Francois Blanchet reflected Wednesday on his own experience with COVID-19, saying he was lucky to have caught a mild case of the illness but that many Canadians are not so fortu...
Sep 30, 2020
14 days of solitude: The lonely success of the 'Atlantic bubble'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John's. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother...
Sep 30, 2020
Rematch in Melfort constituency for October general election
A rematch is shaping up in the Melfort constituency when it comes to the October general election in Saskatchewan.Premier Scott Moe announced the dissolving of the legislative assembly on Tuesday, Sep...
Sep 29, 2020
Province records seven new COVID-19 cases, 18 recoveries
The province has recorded seven new cases of COVID-19.The new cases are located in the Central East (one) and Regina (six) zones. The total amount of reported cases is now at 1,899.Of the total cases,...
Sep 29, 2020
Quebec's second wave driven by community transmission, muddled messaging, expert says
MONTREAL - Quebecers following the COVID-19 news in recent days may be feeling a certain sense of deja vu. The government has been announcing 700, 800, even close to 900 new cases per day - numbers no...
Sep 29, 2020
COVID-19 cases rising in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous communities have been facing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases during the last few weeks. Miller says 673 COVID-19 cases have been re...
Sep 29, 2020
Nurse fired, coroner to investigate after dying Indigenous woman taunted in hospital
MONTREAL - A nurse has been fired after an Indigenous woman who was dying Monday night in hospital was subjected to degrading remarks, Quebec's premier said Tuesday. The Quebec coroner's office confir...
Sep 29, 2020
Manitoba reports budget surplus for last year, but predicts COVID deficit this year
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government registered its first budget surplus in more than a decade in the fiscal year that ended in March, although it is expected to drop back in the red this year due to th...
Sep 29, 2020
Ottawa unveils guidelines, deal for rapid COVID-19 tests as calls for approval mount
OTTAWA - The Liberal government pushed back against criticism over a lack of rapid tests for COVID-19 on Tuesday as it unveiled a deal to buy millions of such devices from a U.S. company - whenever He...
Sep 29, 2020
Liberals throw down challenge, make COVID-19 aid bill a confidence matter
OTTAWA - New Democrats have joined forces with the governing Liberals to ensure speedy approval of legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 29, 2020