Tag Archives: Health
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 31
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:12 p.m. EDT on Aug. 31, 2020: There are 128,948 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,492 confirmed (including 5,760 deaths, 55,353 r...
Aug 31, 2020
From masks to cohorting, a guide to back-to-school rules across the country
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...
Aug 31, 2020
No new cases of COVID-19; second 0 of the week
There are no new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday. This is the second time this week the Saskatchewan Health Authority reported no new cases, doing so first on Tuesday.There was also only one recover...
Aug 30, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 30
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:55 p.m. EDT on Aug. 30, 2020: There are 127,940 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,352 confirmed (including 5,758 deaths, 55,300 r...
Aug 30, 2020
Recent spike in COVID-19, so Manitoba reworks six-figure ad campaign
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's COVID-19 numbers were once the envy of most other provinces, but there have been several outbreaks in recent weeks, and the government is having to alter its six-figure...
Aug 30, 2020
What’s it like being a contact tracer?
It's a good thing Nancy Kot likes to talk on the phone.The public health nurse says she now makes somewhere between five and 20 calls a day working as a viral investigator."We are trying to search and...
Aug 28, 2020
Businessman willing to invest to keep La Ronge homeless warm this winter
The Source owner Sonny Montilla, who is also the current landlord for Scattered Site Outreach Program in La Ronge, doesn't want to see anyone sleeping out in the cold this winter.The businessman reach...
Aug 28, 2020
'There is a communication problem': back-to-school headaches in Quebec
MONTREAL - A private high school on Montreal's south shore sent an entire Grade 7 class home this week after a parent of one of the students called in to say he had tested positive for ...
Aug 28, 2020
Canada extends COVID-19 restrictions on international travel until Sept. 30
OTTWAWA, Ont. - The federal government is extending travel restrictions by one month to limit the spread of COVID-19. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday on Twitter that existing restriction...
Aug 28, 2020
Plan for inevitable COVID-19 cases in schools, says chief public health officer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class. It is important that each school have a pla...
Aug 28, 2020