Tag Archives: Health
COVID-19 economic slowdown has cut air pollution in Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Most major Canadian cities saw drastic improvements in air quality over the last two months as COVID-19 kept people at home instead of on the roads. Experts say cleaner air, even just fo...
May 21, 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 ...
May 21, 2020
Masks problematic for asthmatic, autistic, deaf and hard of hearing
Face masks are dangerous to the health of some Canadians and problematic for some others. In recommending people wear masks in public to prevent the spread of COVID-19, national ch...
May 21, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:27 p.m. on May 21, 2020: There are 81,324 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 45,495 confirmed (includ...
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for more public toilets, experts say
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need for more public toilets in communities across Canada, particularly as softening restrictions encourage people to spend more time outs...
May 21, 2020
Canadian troops in Latvia stay on target as COVID-19 upends other missions
OTTAWA - On a recent day in Latvia, a group of Canadian soldiers left a military base near the capital city of Riga. The column drove about 30 kilometres where they set up and, at one point over ...
May 21, 2020
Trudeau says citizens should wear masks to stave off second COVID-19 wave
A second wave of COVID-19 is likely coming, and if Canadians want to avoid more pandemic-induced lockdowns, they need to do their part by wearing masks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursda...
May 21, 2020
Six new cases in La Loche, checkpoint powers explained
In a public health briefing Wednesday, Dr. Rim Zayed, Chief Medical Health Officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority reported six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 bringing the village of La Loche'...
May 20, 2020
Pandemic response hampered by lack of data-sharing, committee hears
OTTAWA - Difficulties gathering federal data on the spread of COVID-19 has hampered Canada's response to the pandemic, experts told Members of Parliament over several hours of scathing testimony ...
May 20, 2020
Some Sask. health services resume but it's not business as usual
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the public that while some health services are resuming amid the COVID-19 outbreak there will be the need for patience. And the head of the authori...
May 20, 2020