Tag Archives: Health
Indigenous group calls for judicial review of country's prisons, incarceration policies
A group representing Indigenous people is calling on the Correctional Service of Canada to conduct a judicial review into all its policies at the country's prisons.One of the more contentious issues i...
Sep 24, 2020
Some customers still not wearing masks in stores that require it
Every health expert, official, doctor and scientist has made clear the wearing of a mask is vital at times like these.But even in stores like Walmart and the Real Canadian Superstore, that have had ma...
Sep 24, 2020
Eleven jurors find man guilty of murder after juror with COVID-19 symptoms excused
WINNIPEG - A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Winnipeg foster home manager. An eleven-person jury reached the verdict against Kane Moar for the ...
Sep 24, 2020
Tory leader O'Toole says he won't bar MPs from using private COVID-19 testing site
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's urging his MPs to be hypervigilant amid concerns they could bring COVID-19 from Ottawa back to their ridings. But he won't stop them from using the ...
Sep 24, 2020
Politicians must not pressure Health Canada to approve rapid COVID-19 tests: Freeland
OTTAWA - The federal government is "lining up advance deals" to buy rapid tests for COVID-19 so as soon as the technology is approved for use in Canada, it can be put to work, says Deputy Prime Minist...
Sep 24, 2020
Province pays for new alcohol strategy community coordinator in P.A.
The Northern Alcohol Strategy is being renewed, and funding this year from SGI and the Ministries of Justice and police will help pay for a new community coordinator position in Prince Albert.The fund...
Sep 24, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7:35 p.m. Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is not in a second wave of COVID-19 despite increased ...
Sep 24, 2020
N.S. appeals court hears case of woman trying to stop husband's assisted death
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's top court reserved its decision Thursday following a hearing during which an 82-year-old woman tried to stop her husband from receiving a medically assisted...
Sep 24, 2020
Spectre of COVID-19 second wave looms as Quebec urges limited social gatherings
Quebecers are being urged to limit their social contact and Ontario is trying to get a handle on its testing backlog, while Alberta's top doctor says she doesn't believe a second wave of COVID-19 and ...
Sep 24, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 24
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:14 p.m. EDT on Sept. 24, 2020: There are 149,094 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 69,670 confirmed (including 5,810 deaths, 59,943 ...
Sep 24, 2020