WETASKIWIN, Alta. — An outreach worker and a nurse lean over an orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is in trouble. WETASKIWIN, Alta. — An outreach worker and a nurse lean over an orange...
Credit Counselling Canada survey probes social determinants of mental health
CDC stayed mum on the question of whether those who received a mixed course of vaccines — one dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca and one of Moderna, for instance — would be considered fully vaccinated for travel purposes.
The majority of respondents in a newly released Canada-wide survey say they are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in schools and want children and staff to wear masks. The survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan was done by phone between Sept. 3 and Sept. 28....
WASHINGTON – Facebook knows its family of apps causes sweeping damage across a number of areas, but chooses to ignore its problems in preference for profit, a whistleblower alleged Tuesday. Frances Haugen, an ex-Facebook product manager who leaked a trove of internal documents to the Wall Street Journal in what has become a public relations nightmare...
MANILA – The government has set aside a portion of the latest shipments of American-made coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine for the inoculation of minors. “Yes, nakapaglagay na tayo ng buffer, we already allocated a buffer and the same time, this coming next week na meron pa din dadating na Pfizer, so ayun ‘yung mga gagamitin natin yung mga dadating na...
The peace talks between the national government and National Democratic Front (NDF) have been intermittent since 1986. In June this year, Duterte said no peace talks can ever succeed, unless NPA stops attacking state forces and civilians.
OTTAWA — The first COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 12 could be in front of Health Canada’s review team in just days, and Pfizer expects to start shipping a new pediatric formulation of its vaccine shortly after it gets the green light. But some Canadian pharmacists are hoping Canadian authorities authorize them to just draw...
MONTREAL — Marie Ngo Hott, an orderly at one of Montreal’s largest health authorities, says some of her white patients aren’t shy about being racist toward her, and she says the issue is not being addressed by the administration. “I had patients who told me they didn’t want to see me, to get out of...
A statement on Thursday from the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., said the lack of response to two letters was “an added insult,” but it looks forward to welcoming Trudeau in the community later this month.