Tag Archives: health

COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed more than 340. Here are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives: Wade Kidd  WINNIPEG - Wade Kidd ha...

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has released a small number of prisoners over concerns about the possible spread of COVID-19 in territorial jails. The move came as medical professionals expres...

OTTAWA - As federal officials grease diplomatic wheels to ensure shipments of medical supplies make it to Canada, others are also working hard behind the scenes to navigate the increasi...

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says forecast models for the COVID-19 crisis in Alberta predict anywhere from 400 to 6,600 deaths in the months to come. Kenney, in a televised address Tuesda...

OTTAWA - The federal government fast-tracked the Canadian citizenship process for a University of Manitoba professor, citing the "urgent need" to facilitate his planned research on COVID-19. Adolf Ng,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:18 a.m. ET on April 8, 2020: There are 17,897 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 9,340 confirme...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - School staff in Iqaluit have banded together to ensure that students in the capital of Nunavut don't go hungry because of closed classrooms. In a territory with ...

When the International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous was cancelled to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it became clear the fellowship had to start getting creative. The conference, originally sche...

VICTORIA - Scientists who track the growth of pandemics say some figures provided by public health officials tell more about the spread of the novel coronavirus than others. Daniel Coombs sa...