Tag Archives: Health
Feds should have put $912M into Canada Summer Jobs program: Opposition
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are demanding to know why the Liberal government created a $900-million program to help students find volunteer positions rather than putting the much-needed funds ...
Jul 14, 2020
B.C.'s budget surges to $12.5 billion deficit because of pandemic
VICTORIA - British Columbia's balanced budget has been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the province forecasting a deficit of $12.5 billion for 2020-21. Finance Minister Carole James...
Jul 14, 2020
Regional libraries prepared to welcome the public
Wapiti Regional Library is reopening.In a media release sent out Monday afternoon the organization, which has over 40 libraries, announced they will start opening back up. The library explained they w...
Jul 13, 2020
31 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced 31 new cases of COVID-19 in the province as of Monday.In total there have been 56 new cases since Friday. There were also two cases reported on July 11 and...
Jul 13, 2020
Students at St. Francis Xavier University protest wording of COVID-19 waiver
HALIFAX - A group of students, alumni and some staff at St. Francis Xavier University are pushing back against a legal waiver that students are required to sign if they want to return to cla...
Jul 13, 2020
More health services resume today, testing made available to anyone
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced as of today, more health services will resume in the province.This is outlined as Phase 3 of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's service resumption plan wh...
Jul 13, 2020
North East School Division preparing for schools to reopen this fall
Summer holidays are well underway for students and teachers, but work continues behind the scenes with schools reopening this fall.Schools across Saskatchewan closed in March due to the COVID-19 pande...
Jul 13, 2020
Sentries return to National War Memorial as COVID-19 threat recedes
OTTAWA - Military sentries are returning to their spots in front of the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as the threat posed by COVID-19 appears to be receding. The Canadian Armed...
Jul 13, 2020
Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - The federal government is for the second time extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, this time until at least December. But the gov...
Jul 13, 2020
COVID-19 cases linked to private hotel parties in Kelowna: B.C. health minister
KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia's health minister says several COVID-19 exposures in Kelowna serve as a reminder of the risks posed by private gatherings. Adrian Dix said during a news conferenc...
Jul 13, 2020