Tag Archives: Health
Accessing local food bank easier than people may realize: Executive director
Anyone facing financial challenges during the COVID-19 situation doesn't have far to go if they need help putting food on the table.The local food bank wants to remind people they are welcome to stop ...
May 11, 2020
As U.S. reopening barrels along, 'hidden enemy' infiltrates White House
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's "hidden enemy" has made its way to the West Wing, where COVID-19 threatens not only the health of people working inside the White House, but the president's entire str...
May 11, 2020
NCHCF Chair talks about next steps in Melfort Heliport project
The Melfort Heliport Project at the Melfort Hospital took a major step on Monday, May 4 as Melfort City Council approved to release tenders for the project.North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF)...
May 11, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 6:35 p.m. British Columbia has recorded 23 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two days, bringing the number of people who ...
May 11, 2020
Funds to fight COVID-19 in meat plants might not move for months, feds say
OTTAWA - Tens of millions of federal dollars aimed at helping food processors deal with a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks might not move until the end of September, and there are no details ...
May 11, 2020
China pushes back against efforts by Canada, to get Taiwan access at WHO
OTTAWA - China responded sternly Monday to efforts by Canada and its allies to allow Taiwan access to the World Health Organization, telling the coalition of countries to essentially butt out of ...
May 11, 2020
More COVID-19 restrictions eased as top doctor warns vaccine a ways off
Children played physically distanced games in a Quebec schoolyard and more Ontario shops began offering curbside pickup Monday as Canada's top doctor warned a COVID-19 vaccine is still a ways off. Que...
May 11, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:23 p.m. ET on May 11, 2020: There are 69,981 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 38,469 confirmed (inc...
May 11, 2020
Quebec schools reopen with emphasis on physical distancing, hygiene
ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - Quebec schoolchildren were greeted by their teachers with smiles and squirts of hand sanitizer on Monday as the province became the first to reopen some schools foll...
May 11, 2020
COVID-19 testing, contact tracing key to fending off second wave, experts say
VANCOUVER - Provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 have ramped up testing capacity as they plan to reopen their economies, but infectious disease experts say there will be recurring out...
May 11, 2020