Tag Archives: Health
Canadian retailers scramble to keep up with surging demand for patio heaters
TORONTO - As the weather gets cooler and COVID-19 cases start to surge again, more and more Canadians are looking to extend patio season by adding a heater to their outdoor space. The demand for ...
Sep 16, 2020
'Messaging matters:' Experts urge clearer distancing directions for young people
Government and public health officials need to empower people in their 20s to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19, instead of blaming and shaming them for disproportionately representing new infec...
Sep 16, 2020
Conservative Leader O'Toole in isolation after staffer tests positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is the second federal party leader in as many days to get tested for COVID-19 and put himself into isolation after possibly being exposed to the virus...
Sep 16, 2020
B.C. nurses will be able prescribe drugs to help stop overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Registered and psychiatric nurses in British Columbia will be able to prescribe safer drugs for people at risk of overdose under a new public health order that advocates are...
Sep 16, 2020
BUH Foundation receives generous gift from local senior society
In the middle of pandemic summer, a recently disbanded seniors organization chose to help secure healthcare.Members of the Battlefords Ukrainian Senior Citizens Society #184 decided as one of their fi...
Sep 16, 2020
Post-secondary students paying for inaccessible services as they study online
OTTAWA - Brandon Rheal Amyot is taking on debt to pay about $3,000 in tuition this semester, including fees for services and facilities that cannot be used. With classes having moved online due to the...
Sep 16, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 16
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:14 p.m. EDT on Sept. 16, 2020: There are 139,747 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 65,857 confirmed (including 5,788 deaths, 57,804 ...
Sep 16, 2020
Trudeau says he doesn't want an election but country will 'figure it out' if need be
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's democratic institutions - including Parliament and Elections Canada - need to be fully functional even in the midst of a deadly pandemic. But he in...
Sep 15, 2020
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet's spouse tests positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - The spouse of Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says she is in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.In a tweet, Nancy Deziel says she was tested Monday after losing h...
Sep 15, 2020
COVID-19 exposure in Wynyard and Foam Lake
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of a possible COVID-19 exposure in Foam Lake and Wynyard, as well as Saskatoon.An individual who tested positive for the virus was likely infectious when a...
Sep 15, 2020