Tag Archives: Health
B.C. migrant, undocumented workers rally for permanent residency program
VANCOUVER - Migrant workers and advocates called for a "just recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic during a digital rally on Saturday. The pandemic has shown how heavily Canada relies on migrant a...
Sep 19, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 19
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:57 p.m. EDT on Sept. 19, 2020: There are 142,347 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 66,653 confirmed (including 5,792 deaths, 58,218 ...
Sep 19, 2020
Nearly 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections among health-care workers by late July
VANCOUVER - Health care workers in Canada made up about 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections as of late July, a figure that was higher than the global average. In a report released earlie...
Sep 19, 2020
Virtual voting tests underway as House of Commons set to return for throne speech
OTTAWA - Tests of how MPs can vote virtually are underway ahead of the planned return of Parliament Wednesday. The Liberal minority government is set to deliver a speech from the throne to lay out an ...
Sep 18, 2020
COVID-19 task force worries Trump's rush to approve vaccine will spook Canadians
OTTAWA - Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential el...
Sep 18, 2020
19 new cases of COVID-19, new COVID Alert app launched
There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 more recoveries in the province on a day the government announced a new COVID Alert application.The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (12), Central West ...
Sep 18, 2020
BASAC Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser event raises about $7,000
The funds raised from this year's Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event for the Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC) were beyond many people's expectation."A rough estimate right now puts us at...
Sep 18, 2020
Admitted to Canada under pilot program, refugee nurses ready for work as PSWs
OTTAWA - Halfway through their 14-day quarantine period, Diala Charab and Yehya Al-Ayoubi are excited to start working as health-care aides after arriving Sunday from Lebanon. Despite COVID-19 t...
Sep 18, 2020
Ontario nurses' college hit by ransomware attack; personal data at risk
TORONTO - The organization that regulates the nursing profession in Ontario was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack in which personal information might have been compromised, a spokeswoman said on Friday...
Sep 18, 2020
Six months later: Lockdown in Saskatchewan
For some, it almost seems like a dream when Saskatchewan was turned upside down six months ago.On March 18, the provincial government issued orders to lock down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Stores clo...
Sep 18, 2020