Tag Archives: Health

Trudeau to join global COVID-19 vaccine fundraiser amid calls for fair access
OTTAWA - The prospect of tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses rolling out as early as this fall is being tempered by warnings to ensure they shared fairly across the globe, e...
Jun 03, 2020

Northwood seeks private rooms after COVID tragedy, but will N.S. fund the fix?
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's largest nursing home is planning for a future of private rooms to keep residents safe, but it has taken a wrenching pandemic death toll to cr...
Jun 03, 2020

Federal aid for care home systems needed ahead of second wave, advocates say
OTTAWA - The federal government must do more to help provinces prepare long-term care homes for the next wave of COVID-19, the Ontario Long Term Care Association says. Association CEO Donna Dunca...
Jun 03, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 03, 2020

Fitness centre at JRMCC set to reopen next week
The fitness centre at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre will be ready for a soft opening June 8 as part of phase three of the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan.That's according to fitness coordinato...
Jun 02, 2020

No new COVID-19 cases, travel restrictions soon to be lifted in northwest
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported no new COVID-19 cases today. Fourteen more have recovered.According to a media release, of the 646 reported cases, 33 are considered active. The recovery to...
Jun 02, 2020

Ontario mulls collection of race-based COVID-19 data; some argue it's essential
TORONTO - The importance of understanding the role race might play in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Ontario to look at regulatory changes to make collection of such data provincewide, the governm...
Jun 02, 2020

Liberals detail changes to COVID-19 aid as they ask MPs to OK new spending
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are detailing to parliamentarians a plan that would shift tens of billions in pandemic-related aid, sending more toward a key COVID-19 emergency benefit for workers ...
Jun 02, 2020

Battlefords residents advised to remain vigilant following possible COVID-19 transmission
Community leaders in the Battlefords are advising the public to keep exercising caution when they leave their homes, following the news over the weekend of possible transmission at the Walmart in Nort...
Jun 02, 2020

Opposition MLA calls for improvements in long-term care facilities
Local NDP MLA Nicole Rancourt says action is needed to confront the underfunding of long-term care homes across the province, including in Prince Albert. On Friday, the provincial government released ...
Jun 02, 2020