Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - Businesses in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood honoured the provincial health officer on Friday with a sneak peek at a mural exhibition featuring her image. Dr. Bonnie Henry vis...

MONTREAL - Canada has failed in its duty to protect vulnerable elders in long-term care, according to a highly critical report that examines the issue in light of the COVID-19 crisis.&n...

EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister has ordered an independent third-party investigation into how the province's health authority responded to a racist act at one of its hospitals. Tyler Shandro said...

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:13 p.m. on July 3, 2020: There are 105,091 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,682 confirmed (including 5,560 deaths, 25,158 resolv...

Atlantic Canadians are closely eyeing travel requirements and coronavirus case numbers across the region as the four provinces prepare to open their borders to their neighbours Friday, an experiment t...

OTTAWA - The federal government has extended the mandatory quarantine order for most people entering Canada until the end of August to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Any travellers ent...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting what may be its first case of COVID-19. Dr. Michael Patterson, the territory's chief public health officer, announced Thursday a presumptive infection of a...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives have asked Canada's procurement watchdog to review the circumstances around several sole-sourced contracts between the Liberal government and WE Charity, includ...

TORONTO - As several Canadian jurisdictions move to make masks mandatory in some public settings, experts and advocates say these orders will only work if they're backed up by efforts to pro...