Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government is ready to call in the army to help First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities contend with COVID-19. Indigenous leaders f...

HALIFAX - For those growing weary of gloomy news about the COVID-19 pandemic, Nova Scotian Heather Thompson has created an upbeat antidote: an online, down-home kitchen party. The Facebook page T...

OTTAWA - The United States appears to have backed off on its plan to send soldiers to the Canada-U.S. border, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been floa...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians being flown home from abroad must subject themselves to "rigorous" and mandatory 14-day self-isolation to keep their fellow citizens safe. Tr...

OTTAWA - Canadians should brace for drug shortages as COVID-19 disrupts global supply lines, the federal health ministry's top public servant says. A lack of medications to fill ordinary prescriptions...

OTTAWA - Canadian troops returning from Ukraine this month have not been told whether they will allowed to quarantine at home or be forced to spend two weeks somewhere else while they wait to see whet...

OTTAWA - Parliamentarians will soon find themselves voting anew on spending measures to help the country to combat the financial fallout from COVID-19 - help that is going to cost the federal tre...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. President Donald Trump says there are plans to remove nearly 250 Canadians from two cruise ships and get them back to Canada. The U.S. Coast Guard has directed a...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says it's working closely with Saskatoon police after a number of vehicle thefts near St. Paul's Hospital (SPH). On Sunday, a Facebook post began circulating ab...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   9:35 p.m. U.S. President Donald Trump says there are plans to remove nearly 250 Canadians from two cruis...