Tag Archives: Health
No Frills stores to require masks starting August 29
Another business is enforcing a mandatory mask policy for customers and staff.Starting August 29, all No Frills stores including the North Battleford location will require people to wear face-masks wh...
Aug 25, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 25
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7 p.m. on Aug. 25, 2020: There are 125,969 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,803 confirmed (including 5,746 deaths, 54,850 res...
Aug 25, 2020
Doctors want health care to become top issue in New Brunswick election campaign
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Medical Society is calling on political parties to make health care the top priority of the provincial election campaign. President Dr. Chris Goodyear said Tuesday that...
Aug 25, 2020
Trudeau considered best to manage pandemic, revive economy, poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would be well placed to fight an election this fall, seen as the leader best able to care for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemi...
Aug 25, 2020
Calls for safer supply of drugs as B.C. records 175 overdose deaths in July
VICTORIA - British Columbia recorded 175 overdose deaths in July as paramedics responded to a record 2,706 non-fatal overdoses, prompting health officials to call for gre...
Aug 25, 2020
Porcupine Carragana Emergency Department on bypass starting Monday night
The Porcupine Carragana Hospital Emergency Department will be on bypass starting today at 5 p.m.The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it should only last until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25 and it is du...
Aug 24, 2020
Three new cases, 10 more recoveries from COVID-19 in province
There are three new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, with 10 more recoveries. The provincial total, with one case removed for an out-of-province resident is now at 1,602.The new cases, as detailed i...
Aug 24, 2020
Gun-control reforms passed last year might not be fully in place until 2022: memo
OTTAWA - Several federal gun-control measures that received royal assent over a year ago, including expanded background checks, might not come into effect before 2022, says an internal government...
Aug 24, 2020
Halifax-area firm ready to roll out drug-dispensing machines to fight opioid crisis
HALIFAX - A Halifax-area company is rolling out five automated drug dispensers across Canada this week, which can provide safe, doctor-prescribed medication to opioid addicts by scanning the...
Aug 24, 2020
New study calls for new approach to tackling overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - Canada needs a new approach to tackle its overdose crisis, says the lead author of a new study that highlights a prevalence of overdoses involving non-prescribed fentanyl and stimulants in...
Aug 24, 2020