Tag Archives: Health

Leave your deets when dining: Restaurants taking personal info to trace COVID-19
TORONTO - As COVID-19 restrictions ease and restaurants start to welcome customers back, one thing Canadians may soon have to get used to is providing their personal information before they grab ...
Aug 02, 2020

How one Montreal long-term care home managed to keep COVID-19 away
MONTREAL - The Pavillon Camille-Lefebvre long-term care home in southwest Montreal houses some of the patients most vulnerable to succumbing to a pandemic, including 18 who live on ventilato...
Aug 02, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 1
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:58 a.m. on August 1, 2020: There are 116,672 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,548 confirmed (including 5,678 deaths, 50,886 res...
Aug 01, 2020

Fans still drawn to arenas despite secure zones as NHL returns to ice
EDMONTON - It was almost 30 C as Edmonton Oilers fan Darnell Belcourt stood outside the protective bubble that surrounds Rogers Place and waited for the puck to drop in the team's opening qualifying r...
Aug 01, 2020

15 news cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, 46 more recoveries
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 15 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 1,334. There are four more cases in the North region and none in the Far North.Fourteen of the 15 new cases ...
Aug 01, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 1
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:18 p.m. on August 1, 2020: There are 116,599 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,458 confirmed (including 5,678 deaths, 50,886 res...
Aug 01, 2020

Air Force, UN food agency tackle skyrocketing COVID-19 hunger in Latin America
OTTAWA - The head of the UN World Food Program says the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased the number of starving people in Latin America, which could trigger a refugee exodus to North America...
Aug 01, 2020

Drowning prevention: Families reflect on scary incidents
The family of a young survivor of a near-drowning incident and Parkland Ambulance Care staff are celebrating the quick actions of two bystanders and sharing a powerful message about water safety.Parkl...
Jul 31, 2020

Northeast grocers not carrying items from R.M. of Star City amid COVID-19 spike
The recent uptick of COVID-19 cases in the R.M. of Star City since July 29 is a reminder for Northeast Saskatchewan residents the virus is still in the province, and it never left.On Wednesday, July 2...
Jul 31, 2020

Community leaders, businesses weigh in on mandatory mask possibility
The sight of mask wearing out in the public has become more commonplace in Saskatchewan, but the province's discussion of potential ramp up of that protective measure gives municipal leaders and busin...
Jul 31, 2020