Tag Archives: Health
Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns
OTTAWA - An Ottawa biotech company is voluntarily recalling a rapid test for COVID-19 after Health Canada expressed concern about its effectiveness, dealing a setback to expanded testing in ...
May 03, 2020
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 03, 2020
Lawsuits over COVID-19 handling in nursing homes raise questions about standard of care
TORONTO - As the deadly toll of COVID-19 on Canada's nursing homes gives rise to a growing number of proposed class-action lawsuits, some legal experts say the cases will turn on what's considere...
May 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:45 p.m. on May 3, 2020: There are 59,474 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 31,865 confirmed (includi...
May 03, 2020
Listen up!
Emotional Wellness in Turbulent Times Want to be a fly on the wall? You can listen in for free to this 40 minute program (below) where I will take you through a three step process&...
May 03, 2020
'Very lucky:' Retired firefighter in hospital for one month battling COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Rick Sterzer was lying at home struggling to breathe. Each day it was harder to get air into his lungs. The 65-year-old retired Winnipeg firefighter had tested negative ...
May 03, 2020
Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and - in at least one cas...
May 03, 2020
Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations
OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...
May 03, 2020
Looser COVID-19 rules mean more activity, but there may be some confusion
WINNIPEG - People in some provinces will enjoy more freedom Monday as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are loosened. But the change appears set to leave some workers looking for child car...
May 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:42 p.m. on May 2, 2020: There are 56,714 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 29,656 confirmed (includi...
May 02, 2020