Tag Archives: Health
Hammered by COVID-19, Kingston pins hopes of recovery on returning students
KINGSTON, Ont. - Two weeks after much of Ontario reopened, Aba Mortley was optimistic that her business would recover despite the financial strain caused by the global pandemic. Her hometown...
Aug 21, 2020
19-year-old youngest in Quebec to die from complications linked to COVID-19
MONTREAL - A 19-year-old in Quebec has died from complications linked to COVID-19, the Health Department confirmed Friday, marking the first time since the pandemic hit that someone in the provin...
Aug 21, 2020
Planned service disruption at Collaborative Emergency Centre in Spiritwood
The Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) in Spiritwood has announced there will be a planned service disruption for approximately a month.According to a media release from the Saskatchewan Health Auth...
Aug 21, 2020
Trudeau, Ford unveil deal to produce N95 masks at 3M plant in Brockville, Ont.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday to announce a deal aimed at ensuring Canada is never again at the mercy of unreliable foreign suppliers of p...
Aug 21, 2020
B.C. clamps down on COVID-19 enforcement with fines for party hosts, guests
VANCOUVER - Property owners and organizers can be fined $2,000 for hosting events found in violation of public health orders in British Columbia under stronger enforcement measures announced Friday. T...
Aug 21, 2020
Feds and Ontario reach agreement with 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville, Ont.
TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the provin...
Aug 20, 2020
Quebec trampoline and laser tag centre turns to homeschooling, sparking controversy
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area trampoline and laser tag centre is offering homeschooling services to parents worried about sending their kids back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Aug 20, 2020
Liberals move toward changing federal drug policy as opioid deaths spike
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is taking steps toward promised changes to federal drug policy and looking at how to reduce opioid-related deaths during the pandemic. Ottawa launched a national c...
Aug 20, 2020
13 Red Deer Olymel employees test negative for COVID-19
Officials with Olymel say all 13 of the employees at their Red Deer pork processing facility who were sent for COVID-19 tests after another worker tested positive have been cleared to return to work. ...
Aug 20, 2020
Montreal groups collect race-based COVID-19 data after Quebec flip-flops
MONTREAL - Community groups in Montreal say they had no choice but to go at it alone after the Quebec government went back on a pledge to collect race-based data to help trace the impact of COVID-19 o...
Aug 20, 2020