Tag Archives: Health
Man accused of traumatizing P.A. landlord, receives jail time
As a result of COVID-19 protocols, the courts are doing their best to limit the number of people in custody, and last Friday a Saskatoon judge was questioning the reason why a seven month jail sentenc...
May 12, 2020
Five new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's Far North
There are five new cases in the province's Far North with three in the Beauval area and two more in La Loche.The new cases bring the provincial total to 573. Of the total cases across the province, 19...
May 12, 2020
Clean your cash carefully if concerned over COVID: Bank of Canada
If you must launder your money, do it carefully, advises the Bank of Canada. The bank says it has tested the notes for durability against common household products. "Repeated contact with substances s...
May 12, 2020
Bye-bye bears: Calgary Zoo returning pandas to China due to bamboo barriers
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because a scarcity of flights due to COVID-19 has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed...
May 12, 2020
Canada gives $790M to help vaccinate in more vulnerable countries
OTTAWA - Canada will put $790 million toward vaccinating the world's more vulnerable populations and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine around the world, if an effective one is discovered, Internati...
May 12, 2020
Trudeau promises 'stronger measures' for screening at Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - The federal government is planning stronger measures to deal with a looming influx of people arriving from the United States, a clear sign Can...
May 12, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:05 p.m. B.C. has just seven new cases of COVID-19, but one more person from a long-term care home has died. The death t...
May 12, 2020
Archaic paper records submitted by fax hold up real-time COVID-19 data
OTTAWA - The old-fashioned way Canada records deaths means the country could be missing out on data important to addressing the COVID-19 crisis. The confirmed number of COVID-19 deaths -&nbs...
May 12, 2020
COVID-19 deaths pass 5,000 in Canada; seniors to get direct financial aid
TORONTO - Canada's death toll from COVID-19 passed the 5,000-mark on Tuesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the pandemic had exposed serious cracks in Canada's hard hit long-term care that gove...
May 12, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:13 p.m. ET on May 12, 2020: There are 71,157 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 39,225 confirmed...
May 12, 2020