A new report on the mental health of Canadian workers suggests loneliness is worse for many people than the fear of dying from COVID-19.
Morneau Shepell's overall mental health index for September was down 10.2 points from its pre-2020 benchmark. The reading in August was down 11.2 points from the...
Alberta hospitals are treating 100 COVID-19 patients, a day after reaching a record 102 patients in care with the virus.
Numbers released online show 86 patients are in general care while 14 are in intensive care units (ICU). Alberta Health spokesman Tom McMillan said outbreaks at the Misericordia Hospital in...
A resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia won't trigger a provincewide disruption in health care the way the first wave did, the head of the province's health authority said Wednesday.
Appearing before the legislature's public accounts committee, Dr. Brendan Carr talked about the different philosophy his organization is using...
Dr. Vera Etches says a significant portion of people being hospitalized with the virus are now coming from the community, which reflects community spread.
Ottawa's Chief Medical Officer of Health says the city is now seeing the highest rate of COVID-19 transmission, per 100,000 people, in the province, as the...
New outbreaks have been declared at a long-term care home, a retirement home and a dental facility.
Another double digit increase in terms of new COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region, as 20 were added to the summary dashboard on Wednesday morning.
A majority of the new cases are due to close...
Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19, 844 of which are from the past 24 hours.
The province said today 359 cases between Oct. 10 and 12 were previously unreported because of what it said was a technical problem during an update to the computer system.
Health authorities are also...
Health officials announced two new deaths linked to COVID-19 in Manitoba on Wednesday.
The deaths are a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s, both from Winnipeg.
This brings the death toll to 37.
Officials also announced 146 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 2,925 since...
The Alberta government plans to cut the equivalent of 9,700 full time health service jobs in an effort to save $600 million annually.
As many of the employees affected are part-time workers, the actual number of layoffs could rise.
Health Minister Tyler Shandro said the cuts will not affect front-line medical...
British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided a COVID-19 update for a four-day stretch, which includes a record-high increase for one of those 24-hour periods.
Between Friday and Saturday, there were a record-high 170 new cases that were identified among people in B.C. Between Saturday and Sunday, there...
Manitoba health officials announced 124 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as concerning trends continue to develop.
The latest spike is the most the province has announced in a day. However, some of them are due to a backlog. Twenty-six were identified in the latest 24-hour stretch, while 83 were...
