Category Archives: Health
‘This is beyond my expectations,’ Champagne says of Canadian biomanufacturer rebound
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada's biomanufacturing sector has rebounded beyond his initial expectations in the last several months, as a Canadian drug maker stands poised to bring positive results from the first pla...
Ontario could see 3,000 cases, nearly 400 in ICU in Jan even without variant: experts
TORONTO — Ontario's pandemic advisers predict the province's hospitals may be strained by mid-January, with close to 400 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and possibly 3,000 new infections reported daily, even without accounting for the new Omicron v...
Most Canadians support strong border measures amid new Omicron COVID-19 variant: poll
OTTAWA — Since the announced detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians bracing for the worst. More than four in five respondents to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they
New study outlines high costs of extreme heat in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat is expensive. That's the conclusion of a study presented Monday by The Nature Conservancy, which commissioned a look at the costs
Saskatchewan First Nation says its dealing with suicide crisis brought on by pandemic
REGINA — A councillor for Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Saskatchewan's far north says his community of Sucker River is facing a suicide crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Devin Bernatchez said there have been several suicides in his
Health officials report three new COVID-19 cases in Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island today. They say the latest cases involve someone in their 40s, a person in their 20s and a child under the age of 12. The child attends
New Brunswick nurses vote in favour of strike to back contract demands with province
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick nurses have voted 92 per cent in favour of a strike to back demands for a new contract. The 9,000 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse practitioners have been without a contract since the end of
Canadian traveller forced to stay in quarantine facility after negative COVID-19 test
Lennard Skead says he felt like he’d been put in jail for a crime he didn’t commit when he returned to Canada from South Africa on Thursday. Skead, who lives in Brandon, Man., said he wasn't allowed to leave a Toronto
Delta variant’s spread through the unvaccinated remains B.C.’s focus: health minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's health minister says there's been a lot of attention paid to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, but the focus should remain on the Delta variant because it continues to have a "profound impact" on people who
Biden touts savings on insulin and other drugs for Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Monday that his social agenda legislation would deliver tangible savings on prescription drugs for all Americans. Relief that consumers have clamored for is now in sight, he asserted.
