Category Archives: Health
Post-pandemic health systems could be challenged by COVID-19 spending spike: CIHI
OTTAWA — A spike in health-care spending during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to some serious financial challenges for provinces as they work to rebuild their health systems in the aftermath, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Informatio...
Most COVID-19 nursing home deaths in Saskatchewan happened in private facilities
REGINA — Last winter, when COVID-19 spread throughout Parkside Extendicare, a private long-term care home in Regina, Brian Albert was advised by staff to talk to a priest. His mother, 98-year-old Marie, had tested positive for the virus after living in...
Vast majority of federal public servants comply with mandatory vaccination policy
OTTAWA — Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says 95.3 per cent of federal public servants have indicated they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. She says another 2.7 per cent of the roughly 268,000 employees of the core federal public service sa...
Six more deaths and 40 active COVID-19 outbreaks reported in B.C. facilities
VICTORIA — British Columbia reported 430 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and six more deaths. There were 4,373 active cases and just over 200,000 people who tested positive for the virus were considered to have recovered. The six deaths brought the...
Alberta’s Kenney denies scapegoating chief medical officer for COVID-19 failures
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney is rejecting accusations that he is blaming the province's chief medical officer of health for Alberta’s failures in the handling of the fourth wave of COVID-19. "The buck does stop with me," Kenney told the house
Manitoba’s new premier to lay out government agenda in throne speech set for Nov. 23
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new premier is to lay out her government's agenda in a throne speech in three weeks. A day after being sworn in, Heather Stefanson says the legislature will reconvene on Nov. 23 for a brief fall sitting. Among her
Saskatchewan promises return of cancelled health-care services to children
REGINA — Saskatchewan's health minister says he has cried a lot throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but the story that affected him the most was of an 11-month-old whose surgery and physiotherapy were cancelled due to the overloaded health-care system. H...
Labor leader apologizes for likening Holocaust to mandates
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader apologized Wednesday for remarks he made during a legislative hearing comparing COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews.
A list of who will be eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot in Ontario
TORONTO — Ontario announced Wednesday that COVID-19 booster shots will be available to everyone next year, but starting Saturday the next priority group will be able to book appointments for six months past their second dose. All of the following group...
Vaccine mandate for teachers, health and government workers in Yukon: premier
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier has announced a vaccine mandate for government employees, including front-line workers in the health-care system and teachers, but the territory has not yet determined any consequences for those who refuse to comply. Sandy ...
