Tag Archives: Health

Saskatchewan added 15 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 1,334 cases. There are 46 new recoveries, an increase of 22 recoveries in comparison to Friday. One case was from...

OTTAWA - The head of the UN World Food Program says the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased the number of starving people in Latin America, which could trigger a refugee exodus to North America...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:18 p.m. on August 1, 2020: There are 116,599 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,458 confirmed (including 5,678 deaths, 50,886 res...

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government is considering plans for a supervised injection site and a safer supply of drugs for substance users after 13 people fatally overdosed between January and mid-July, c...

OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he downloaded ...

OTTAWA - Health authorities are warning consumers in Central and Western Canada to avoid eating red onions imported from the U.S. that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak. The Public Health Agen...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:54 p.m. on July 31, 2020: There are 116,312 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,312 confirmed (including 5,674 deaths, 50,886 resol...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the death of a young man who waited 21 minutes for an ambulance could have possibly been avoided had help arrived sooner. Hugo St-Onge, a 24-y...

LONDON - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment. Such...

WINNIPEG - Students in Manitoba are to be back in the classroom in September, although many in high school will continue to do some of their learning remotely. The province released its plan Thur...