Tag Archives: health

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government is considering plans for a supervised injection site and a safer supply of drugs for substance users after 13 people fatally overdosed between January and mid-July, c...

OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he downloaded ...

OTTAWA - Health authorities are warning consumers in Central and Western Canada to avoid eating red onions imported from the U.S. that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak. The Public Health Agen...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:54 p.m. on July 31, 2020: There are 116,312 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,312 confirmed (including 5,674 deaths, 50,886 resol...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the death of a young man who waited 21 minutes for an ambulance could have possibly been avoided had help arrived sooner. Hugo St-Onge, a 24-y...

LONDON - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment. Such...

WINNIPEG - Students in Manitoba are to be back in the classroom in September, although many in high school will continue to do some of their learning remotely. The province released its plan Thur...

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...

Four major Canadian airports will begin taking passengers' temperatures starting today as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The federal government says temperature screening...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:10 p.m. on July 30, 2020: There are 115,799 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,131 confirmed (including 5,673 deaths, 50,886 resol...