Tag Archives: Health

Canada outspends Ireland, Norway in new pledging on Venezuelan refugee crisis
OTTAWA - Canada outbid its two rivals for the United Nations Security Council at Tuesday's international pledging conference to help South American countries coping with the Venezuelan refug...
May 26, 2020

No new cases of COVID-19 in province, eighth death recorded
Another resident in the Far North region who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, bringing the provincial total to eight.The resident was in their 50s.An additional death remains under investigation...
May 26, 2020

Mental health and addictions shutdown could be learning opportunity: U of R prof
Services and programs across the Saskatchewan Health Authority had to be stopped or significantly slowed down because of COVID-19, either to follow the province's health orders or as part of the autho...
May 26, 2020

'Pointing out the obvious:' Alberta govt stands by energy minister's comments
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister isn't backing away from her comments that COVID-19's public health rules and economic fears favour pipeline construction. "I don't think anybody should be sur...
May 26, 2020

Military reports 'shocking' conditions in Ontario nursing homes
TORONTO - A new report from the military helping battle COVID-19 in five long-term care facilities in Ontario has revealed extreme neglect and exposed the extent of the ugly conditions facing resident...
May 26, 2020

Justin Trudeau says he'll take COVID-19 antibody test once available
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that once there's a test widely available to see who has had COVID-19, he'll take it. Trudeau was exposed to the novel coronavirus earlier this...
May 26, 2020

Trudeau co-hosts UN COVID-19 conference as Canada continues Security Council bid
OTTAWA - Canada will co-host a major United Nations conference on dealing with the economic crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will play a lead role in th...
May 26, 2020

Heat wave forces cities, long-term care centres to rethink how to offer heat relief under COVID-19
OTTAWA - A heat wave engulfing large swaths of Ontario and Quebec could spell tragedy for the people who are already most at risk from COVID-19, health experts warn. Environment Canada issued a heat w...
May 26, 2020

Military reports 39 cases of COVID-19 in members working in nursing homes
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian military will keep assisting in nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec, though 39 members of the Canadian Forces have come down with COVID-19 whil...
May 26, 2020

Half of Canadians say governments are hiding something about COVID-19: poll
OTTAWA - Half of Canadians believe they're not getting the whole truth from their governments about COVID-19, a new poll suggests, and some also believe conspiracy theories about where the novel coron...
May 26, 2020