Tag Archives: Health

WINNIPEG - Every resident of a long-term care home on a northern Manitoba reserve where the number of infections almost doubled in a day has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Indigenous community...

Canada reached a troubling milestone on Monday, surpassing 300,000 total COVID cases since the pandemic began earlier this year, and health experts are alarmed - but not surprised - by the rapid growt...

OTTAWA - At this point during last year's flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza. So far this year, there have been just 17. "Influenza is way behind the eight ball he...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer has ordered a two-week shutdown, starting Wednesday, of non-essential businesses and schools in the territory due to the spread of COVID-19.Mic...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:40 p.m. Alberta has reported its deadliest day with 20 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing its total fatalities to ...

MONTREAL - Sipi Flamand says it's long overdue that Quebec guarantees equal access to health care for Indigenous peoples in the province.  Flamand, vice-chief of Manawan, an Atikamekw community a...

For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavir...

OTTAWA - The Salvation Army is launching its annual Christmas kettle drive facing what it says is a level of need not seen since the Second World War - even as COVID-19 makes fundraising more difficul...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:59 p.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2020: There are 302,234 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 125,072 confirmed (including 6,651 deaths, 105,998...

Dave McIntosh is in "uncharted territory": he's able to hold his newborn son close, but his wife, unconscious in a hospital bed due to complications from COVID-19, cannot. Gill McIntosh, 37, remains i...