Tag Archives: Health

The chief public health officer in the Northwest Territories says there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 in Fort Smith, a community of about 2,500 people. Kami Kandola says the individual contracted th...

OTTAWA - Rising COVID-19 case count bodes ill for prison inmates, many of whom remain under partial lockdown without adequate health care, says the head of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry So...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):5:15 p.m.Prince Edward Island is reporting one new case of COVID-19.Chief public health officer Heather Morrison said today a man...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:01 p.m. EST on Nov. 11, 2020: There are 277,061 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 118,529 confirmed (including 6,515 deaths, 100,564...

OTTAWA - The current president of the United States has warranted nary a mention from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect on Saturday. While that might be set...

Mark Lindsay wishes his daughter, Chantelle, were here to see the fruition of her fight to bring transformational new therapies for cystic fibrosis to Canada. But Lindsay knows the 23-year-old, who di...

OTTAWA - On the eve of Remembrance Day, the Trudeau government tossed a bone to the Royal Canadian Legion and other veterans' groups battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, promising millions in emergency ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is begging provincial governments to "act now" to slow the spread of COVID-19 after record-breaking spikes of the virus across most of the country in recent days...

JOLIETTE, Que. - The Quebec government is investing $3.1 million for a new Native Friendship Centre in a city that was recently shaken by the death of an Indigenous woman in a local hospital. Indigeno...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:30 p.m. The B.C. government has extended its state of emergency for another two weeks to ensure health and emergency officials...