Tag Archives: Health

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government registered its first budget surplus in more than a decade in the fiscal year that ended in March, although it is expected to drop back in the red this year due to th...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government pushed back against criticism over a lack of rapid tests for COVID-19 on Tuesday as it unveiled a deal to buy millions of such devices from a U.S. company - whenever He...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7:07 p.m. The B.C. government is once again extending the province's state of emergency until Oct. 13, allowing public healt...

OTTAWA - New Democrats have joined forces with the governing Liberals to ensure speedy approval of legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandem...

OTTAWA - Aid agencies welcomed Canada's commitment on Tuesday of an extra $400 million in development and humanitarian spending to combat COVID-19. The new money will go to "to trusted partners on the...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:37 p.m. EDT on Sept. 29, 2020: There are 156,967 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 73,450 confirmed (including 5,833 deaths, 62,095 ...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a slim majority of Canadians have some confidence that the federal government's economic recovery plan will strengthen the economy and create jobs after the devastating im...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting seven presumptive cases of COVID-19 at a mine in the western region of the territory.  Dr. Michael Patterson, the territory's chief public health officer, ...

CALGARY - A Calgary hospital was postponing surgeries and restricting visitors Monday as the number of people infected in multiple COVID-19 outbreaks climbed.  Alberta Health Services said 26 pat...

EDMONTON - Dr. Amy Tan has worked as a family physician in Alberta for 16 years. Tan, who practices at a teaching clinic and provides palliative care in Calgary, had planned to keep working in the pro...