Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - Migrant workers and advocates called for a "just recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic during a digital rally on Saturday. The pandemic has shown how heavily Canada relies on migrant a...

Provincial health officials are reporting 11 new positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday. A record number of COVID-19 tests were performed a day earlier. On Friday, 2,873 COVID-19 tests were performed in ...

OTTAWA - Two parking lots at the Ottawa Senators' home arena are being converted into pop-up COVID-19 assessment centres. The team says in a statement that parking lots 5 and 6 at ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:57 p.m. EDT on Sept. 19, 2020: There are 142,347 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 66,653 confirmed (including 5,792 deaths, 58,218 ...

VANCOUVER - Health care workers in Canada made up about 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections as of late July, a figure that was higher than the global average. In a report released earlie...

OTTAWA - Tests of how MPs can vote virtually are underway ahead of the planned return of Parliament Wednesday. The Liberal minority government is set to deliver a speech from the throne to lay out an ...

OTTAWA - Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential el...

OTTAWA - The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada is stepping down as the country heads into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tina Namiesniowski, who has been in the job only since...

CALGARY - Canadian ski resort operators planning for a season that begins in about two months are being forced to balance profits with protecting the health of their guests in view of a COVID-19 pande...

MONTREAL - The town of Asbestos, Que., is hitting the pause button on its search for a new name after citizens voiced displeasure about the four contenders on the sh...