Tag Archives: Health
Parents in court demanding Quebec offer remote learning option for all who want it
MONTREAL - A lawyer representing a group of Quebec parents was in court Thursday trying to compel the province's Education Department to provide an online learning option for all famili...
Sep 03, 2020
Military commanders asks troops to use COVID-19 app, says no privacy concerns
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is encouraging his troops to download the federal government's smartphone application for tracking potential exposure to COVID-19, saying he has no ...
Sep 03, 2020
Canada's economic optimism crippled by pandemic, Pew poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Confidence in the Canadian economy took a dramatic dive over the summer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - a whipsaw pivot seen around the world but sharper in Canada than any other ...
Sep 03, 2020
Super clean schools await return of P.A. students next week
As families in the Prince Albert area prepare to send their kids back to school next week amid the unknowns and unease around COVID-19 transmission, one thing appears clear - schools will be very clea...
Sep 03, 2020
Trudeau says program extension delayed some CERB payments
OTTAWA - There have been some delays getting some emergency pandemic benefit cheques out the door this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Thursday. "We're working through some of t...
Sep 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 3
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:21 p.m. EDT on Sept. 3, 2020: There are 130,493 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,933 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,615 r...
Sep 03, 2020
Canada trails other rich countries in caring for kids: reports
A pair of newly released reports collectively argue Canada was failing to provide healthy, safe childhoods prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, setting kids up to be hit particularly hard by the global out...
Sep 03, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW Sept. 2, 2020
Senior reporter Nigel Maxwell talks about the Prince Albert mayoral candidates thoughts on future hospital costs.
Sep 02, 2020
Two new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
There are two new cases of COVID-19 and four more recoveries in Saskatchewan.The new cases are located in the North West (one) and South Central (one) zones.The location of the pending case reported y...
Sep 02, 2020
Canada mulls global vaccine contribution as Trump turns back on alliance
OTTAWA - Canada expects to make a financial contribution to the international vaccine coalition known as COVAX, the federal government says, aiming to equitably distribute an eventual COVID-19 va...
Sep 02, 2020