Tag Archives: Health
Manitoba government says schools will resume classroom learning in September
WINNIPEG - Students in Manitoba are to be back in the classroom in September, although many in high school will continue to do some of their learning remotely. The province released its plan Thur...
Jul 30, 2020
A look at how provinces are planning for start of school year during pandemic
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 ...
Jul 30, 2020
Four major airports begin screening passengers for elevated temperatures
Four major Canadian airports will begin taking passengers' temperatures starting today as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The federal government says temperature screening...
Jul 30, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for July 30
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:10 p.m. on July 30, 2020: There are 115,799 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,131 confirmed (including 5,673 deaths, 50,886 resol...
Jul 30, 2020
Majority of province's 50 new COVID-19 cases linked to Hutterite colony in R.M. of Star City
Saskatchewan announced 50 new cases of COVID-19 in the province Wednesday. Forty-four of them were said to be in the province's North region which includes Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, several municipal...
Jul 29, 2020
Melfort Heliport construction set to take off
With the thrust of a handful of shovels, a project nearly three years in the making will see the light of day.Representatives from the North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF), Municipal Health Ad...
Jul 29, 2020
SHA issues advisory after person infected with COVID-19 attended business in Leask
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting the public to a possible COVID-19 exposure at a business in Leask. The advisory comes after an individual recently tested positive for the virus. He or sh...
Jul 29, 2020
Canada urged to avoid 'vaccine nationalism' in race for COVID-19 cure
OTTAWA - A top American health expert is praising Canada for not succumbing to "vaccine nationalism" because of its efforts to push for fair global distribution of a cure for the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jul 29, 2020
Fifty new cases of COVID-19 in Sask., 44 of those in the North
There are 50 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, 44 of those cases are in the North region.According to a media release, the new cases are also located in the South (three), Regina (two) and Centra...
Jul 29, 2020
‘Five years of weight off my shoulders:’ Saskatoon’s safe consumption site to open Oct. 1
Saskatoon now has an opening date for the province's first safe consumption site.Prairie Harm Reduction - rebranded from AIDS Saskatoon - announced on Tuesday that the consumption site will open in a ...
Jul 29, 2020