Tag Archives: Health
Hospital foundation launches fundraiser to complete NICU project
The new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert is set to be equipped and furnished thanks to a newly-launched fundraising effort from the Victoria Hospital Found...
Aug 31, 2020
Vancouver Aquarium closes programming amid 'financially challenging' time
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium is closing to the public, putting its programming on pause while it attempts to recover from the financial devastation of COVID-19. Ocean Wise, the non-profit organi...
Aug 31, 2020
Canada signs deal with Novovax to get 76 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - The federal government has a deal with a third vaccine developer to get access to an experimental COVID-19 vaccine as early as next spring. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Montreal t...
Aug 31, 2020
Canada has contracts for up to four COVID-19 vaccines but they won't be mandatory
OTTAWA - Canada is near the front of the line to get millions of doses of four of the most promising COVID-19 vaccines in development, but the federal government does not plan to make g...
Aug 31, 2020
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