Category Archives: Health
Study suggests Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care
EDMONTON — Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a new study that looked at millions of
Canada approves Pfizer COVID drug as hospitalizations rise and kids return to school
Health Canada added another tool to its pandemic-fighting arsenal Monday, approving Pfizer's antiviral treatment for COVID-19 as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant continued to tax the country's health-care system and millions of students returned...
High COVID-19 numbers: Manitoba schools reopen with calls for more safety measures
WINNIPEG — Manitoba studentsare to return to classrooms today for the first time since the holiday break. Classes were shifted to remote learning last week to give schools more time to beef up safety measures to try to reduce the spread
Group: Tax rich to fund vaccines for poor hit by pandemic
LONDON (AP) — Anti-poverty organization Oxfam called Monday for governments to impose a one-time 99% tax on the world's billionaires and use the money to fund expanded production of vaccines for the poor — part of an effort to combat
Iqaluit seeks alternate water source after recurrence of fuel odour issue
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says it is working to find an alternate source of drinking water following a recurrence of fuel odours in its municipal water distribution system. In an update posted to social media on Sunday, the
Truckers call on B.C. government to ensure dangerous highways cleaned
VANCOUVER — A group representing truck drivers is calling on the B.C. government to ensure highways are cleared of snow and dangerous potholes are fixed or goods will no longer be transported. Ajay Toor, who speaks for the West Coast Trucking
Djokovic leaves Australia but debate goes on in vaccine saga
Australia sent Novak Djokovic home, but opinion remains divided worldwide on the No. 1 men's tennis player and whether he should have been allowed to compete in the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Teachers union skeptical as Nova Scotia schools poised to return to in-class learning
HALIFAX — As 400 public schools in Nova Scotia prepare to resume in-person classes on Monday, the president of the province's teachers union says he has "severe doubts" as to whether they can stay open until the end of the
No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law
PARIS (AP) — France’s parliament approved a law Sunday that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues, the central measure of government efforts to protect hospitals amid record numbers of infections driven b...
Parents, teachers in four provinces prepare to return to class as Omicron spreads
OTTAWA — Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom Monday as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain about how prepared schools really are for a full-scale
