Tag Archives: Health
Trudeau urges provinces to seek federal help with testing, contact tracing
Canada must ramp up its efforts to test residents for COVID-19 and trace anyone who may have come into contact with the virus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as he urged prov...
May 22, 2020
Post-secondary students requiring practical skills concerned about education
Abbey Ferreira has wanted a career in the medical field since childhood, so she followed in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother and chose to become a nurse. As COVID-19 forced school closures,...
May 22, 2020
Testing wastewater could give early warning of second wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA - As Canada continues to struggle to keep up with the level of COVID-19 tests needed to fend off a potential second wave of the viral disease, researchers say the best early warning system for ...
May 22, 2020
Canada's UN envoy mounts final push for Security Council seat amid pandemic
OTTAWA - In Friday morning's early darkness, Marc-Andre Blanchard will catch his first new glimpse of New York City's sparkling skyline from behind the wheel of a modestly priced rental car. For Canad...
May 21, 2020
Two new cases of COVID-19 in Far North, province sets target for next reopen phase
There are two new cases of COVID-19 in the province's Far North, bringing the total in Saskatchewan to 622. Of the total cases, 106 are considered active. There are 15 new recoveries, bringing the tot...
May 21, 2020
Twenty-eight soldiers test positive for COVID-19 after working in care homes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is reporting a dramatic increase in the number of military personnel who have contracted COVID-19 while working in long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec. A...
May 21, 2020
Trudeau pledges help to increase COVID-19 testing in Ontario and Quebec
OTTAWA - The federal government is ready to help provinces massively scale up their COVID-19 testing capacity to fend off a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin T...
May 21, 2020
Watch the mailbox, health card renewal stickers on the way
Eligible Saskatchewan residents should receive a health card renewal sticker this summer.Between late May and the end of June, packages will be sent to more than 685,000 homes, the province said in a ...
May 21, 2020
Quebec retailers see slower sales, changed customer behaviour since reopening
MONTREAL - More than two weeks after being allowed to reopen following the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, Quebec store owners are finding that permission to open up doesn't mean a return to ...
May 21, 2020
Trudeau promises $75M more for off-reserve Indigenous services in pandemic
OTTAWA - Organizations that help Indigenous people living in urban areas and away from reserves - and have been struggling to meet a surge in demand for their services during&...
May 21, 2020