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Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak not a cause for concern in Saskatchewan: Microbiologist
A microbiologist says a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship shouldn't be a cause for concern in Saskatchewan. Dr. Joseph Blondeau, a clinical microbiologist and the head of clinical microbiology at R...
May 11, 2026 Dr. Joseph Blondeau says in Saskatchewan, humans are typically exposed to hantavirus through contact with rodents or rodent droppings. (Olavi Anttila/pexels.com)
No Canadians had known direct contact with hantavirus on ship: B.C. health official
None of the Canadians who were on a ship struck by an outbreak of deadly hantavirus had any known direct contact with anyone who was infected, British Columbia's provincial health officer says. But Dr...
May 11, 2026
Ontario allowing pharmacists to treat more conditions, administer more vaccines
TORONTO - Ontario pharmacists will soon be allowed to administer more vaccines and treat more common ailments, as part of the government's continuing moves to expand their scope of practice. Health Mi...
May 11, 2026
Canadians on ship at centre of hantavirus outbreak land in Canada
VANCOUVER - Four Canadians who disembarked the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak landed Sunday in B.C., where they will continue their quarantine. Online plane tracking platfor...
May 10, 2026
Quebec rolling out digital health dashboard pilot project to reduce paperwork
MONTRAL - Quebec has rolled out its digital health dashboard pilot project on Saturday despite criticism over security breaches and technical issues. The system, which was first introduced in Montreal...
May 09, 2026
Remaining Canadians on cruise ship at the centre of hantavirus outbreak to disembark
After a roughly month-long voyage and days of quarantining, the remaining Canadians aboard a cruise ship at the centre of a high-profile and fatal hantavirus outbreak are set to begin their journey ho...
May 09, 2026
Experts say hantavirus unlikely to be next pandemic
TORONTO - Infectious disease specialist Dr. Allison McGeer has lived and worked through SARS-1 in 2003, the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020. With the trauma of...
May 09, 2026 A worker prepares the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Hantavirus questions and answers with Ontario's chief medical officer of health
TORONTO - Two Ontario residents are isolating at home in their rural community after disembarking late last month from a cruise ship that is now the site of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. Ontario's chi...
May 08, 2026
Number of Canadians connected to hantavirus outbreak grows to 10, all asymptomatic
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians connected to a hantavirus outbreak that began on a polar expedition cruise has grown to 10 as federal officials report three more people - two from Alberta and one fro...
May 08, 2026
Emergency rooms are getting some relief during Habs games in Stanley Cup playoffs
MONTREAL - For some Quebecers, watching the Montreal Canadiens take to the ice during the Stanley Cup playoffs is more urgent than seeking medical care. Hospital officials in the Montreal area say the...
May 08, 2026
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 21
8:30 - Information Services Corporation (ISC), the Regina-based company that runs the backbone systems for Saskatchewan'...