Tag Archives: Health
Health Canada reverses course, will review applications for COVID-19 home tests
OTTAWA - Health Canada has reversed course on home test kits for COVID-19, saying it will now review applications for such devices. In June, the department indicated it would not review such applicati...
Sep 01, 2020
Province records three new COVID-19 cases, six more recoveries
The province has recorded three new cases of COVID-19 and six more recoveries. The total amount of reported cases is now at 1,622. The new cases are in the North Central (one) and Saskatoon (one) zone...
Sep 01, 2020
High vaccine use urged by Tam, Njoo to beat COVID-19, restore pre-pandemic life
OTTAWA - Canadians will need to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated in large numbers to finally corral COVID-19 before life can return to a semblance of its pre-pandemic state, Canada's top publi...
Sep 01, 2020
COVID-19 in schools inevitable, reducing class sizes unrealistic: Kenney
COVID-19 cases disrupted the reopening of two Alberta schools on Tuesday, but Premier Jason Kenney said his government has accepted that such infections are inevitable and don't warrant clos...
Sep 01, 2020
New report links increases in child abuse and youth suicides to COVID-19
As children go back to school this fall, reports of suspected child abuse may increase, as well as concerns raised about depression and isolation.These are among the concerns raised in a new report pu...
Sep 01, 2020
Four more virus-related deaths, 294 new cases reported over three-day span in B.C
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials have announced 294 new COVID-19 cases in B.C today (Aug. 31), along with four more virus-related deaths. The cases are from a three day reporting period, which a...
Sep 01, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 1
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:24 p.m. EDT on Sept. 1, 2020: There are 129,425 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,614 confirmed (including 5,762 deaths, 55,438 r...
Sep 01, 2020
Patient wants B.C. to protect legal rights of mentally ill like most provinces
VANCOUVER - A week after giving birth to her daughter, Shareen Nimmo was forced to enter a psychiatric facility without being informed of her rights or having access to independent legal advice. ...
Sep 01, 2020
Ad criticized by teachers meant to allay anxiety: B.C.'s public health officer
VICTORIA - The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look...
Aug 31, 2020
SHA hires nine new doctors and nurse in Meadow Lake area
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced the hiring of nine new physicians and one nurse practitioner for the Meadow Lake area providing services at both the medical clinic and hospital.Dr. U...
Aug 31, 2020