Tag Archives: Health
Saskatoon sees a spike in drug overdoses
Paramedics with Medavie Health Services responded to twice the normal number of overdose calls last week.Since weekly reporting began in September of 2019, paramedics typically have responded to an av...
May 05, 2020 (650 CKOM)
National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...
May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
REGINA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming. Perry Bellegarde noted Tuesday that there's been a steady r...
May 05, 2020
Aid package to agriculture aims $252 million at multiple pressures
OTTAWA - Add chickens, mushrooms and potatoes to the ever-longer list of products being purchased by the federal government to combat the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A program being heralded as t...
May 05, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9 p.m. Ontario is allowing licensed restaurants and bars to sell alcohol at a lower price with a food order during the CO...
May 05, 2020
Liberal MP Jim Carr to receive stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer
OTTAWA - Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr is returning to hospital for a stem-cell transplant, a treatment that had been twice delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Winnipeg MP shar...
May 05, 2020
Most Canadians comfortable with pace of easing restrictions: poll
OTTAWA - As provinces start to tiptoe toward normalcy by gently lifting restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians are largely happy with the pace. P...
May 05, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 6, 2020: There are 62,046 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 33,417 confirme...
May 05, 2020
Vancouver biotech company discovering antibodies for COVID-19 treatment
VANCOUVER - There may be another valuable shield in the fight against COVID-19, and the head of a Vancouver biotech firm says it could buy time as researchers race to develop a vaccine. Carl...
May 05, 2020
Canada's COVID-19 death toll passes 4,000; feds announce help for farmers
TORONTO - The number of people in Canada killed by COVID-19 passed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday, as provinces eased anti-pandemic restrictions and the government announced new aid for farmers. The grim f...
May 05, 2020