Category Archives: Health
Manitoba budget will include money to fight COVID-19 pandemic: finance minister
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising to include more money to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in its annual budget Wednesday. The fiscal plan is to include $1.2 billion for items such as protective equipment, increased testing and support for sc...
Health officials to offer recommendations to premiers about Atlantic bubble next week
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's chief medical health officer says she and her regional counterparts will advise premiers next week about reopening the Atlantic travel bubble. Dr. Heather Morrison says epidemiologists have been asked to provide u...
Nova Scotia to open provincial boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reopening its boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador and monitoring a COVID-19 outbreak in New Brunswick that could force health officials to once again restrict travel for residents of that province. Beginning 8 a.m. Wednesda...
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, April 6, 2021
OTTAWA — The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:05 p.m. Alberta is reporting 931 new daily cases of COVID-19. The province says 676 variant cases have been identified. It says nearly 43 per cent of the 10,809 active i...
Quebec tightens COVID-19 restrictions in Montreal two weeks after easing them
MONTREAL — Less than two weeks after easing restrictions, Quebec is reversing its decision to reopen gyms and high schools in the greater Montreal area. Despite the fact that daily new cases in Montreal have remained relatively stable, Premier Francois...
B.C. will catch up to Ontario on COVID-19 variant cases: Henry
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's provincial health officer says she expects the province to catch up to Ontario in the proportion of COVID-19 cases from the variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Dr. Bonnie Henry said about a third of B.C.'s
Province rejects funding despite advice drug consumption sites save lives: notes
Documents show that Saskatchewan health officials who were considering a proposal for the province's first supervised drug consumption site found such spaces save lives and money without risking public safety. The information is contained in briefing n...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday April 6, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 320,956 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,554,489 doses given. Nationwide, 718,462 people or 1.9 per
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, April 5, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 320,956 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,554,489 doses given. Nationwide, 718,462 people or 1.9 per
Oxygen cutoff that killed one at Quebec COVID ICU last summer blamed on human error
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area health authority is blaming human error after oxygen was cut off to nine intensive care COVID-19 patients last spring, leaving one dead. The news about the incident that occurred at Hopital Charles-Le Moyne, in Longueuil, Que...