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Complex-care housing coming to Powell River
May 20, 2022 POWELL RIVER – People in Powell River with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges who are at risk of experiencing homelessness will soon benefit from 20 new complex-care housing spaces. Through Budget 2022, government is investing $164 million over three years to support as many as 500 vulnerable people. Since launching the initiative in January, the […]
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Mask mandate for schools, early learning and child care centers to end May 24th
May 20, 2022 hief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, announced that Prince Edward Island will be ending the mandate for students and staff to wear masks in early learning and child care centers, K-12 public and private schools and on school buses on May 24, 2022. “The number of cases of COVID-19 in children […]
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Complex-care housing coming to Bella Coola
May 20, 2022 BELLA COOLA – Indigenous community members in Bella Coola with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges who are at risk of experiencing homelessness will soon benefit from 12 new complex-care housing spaces. Through Budget 2022, government is investing $164 million over three years to support as many as 500 vulnerable people. Since launching […]
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Forty-One Total Active COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in the James & Hudson Bay Region
May 20, 2022 To our community members: We can confirm there are forty-one (41) total active COVID-19 cases in our region. Please see the community case breakdown below: Community Active Cases Attawapiskat 0 Fort Albany 0 Kashechewan 21 Moose Factory 19 Moosonee 1 Peawanuck 0* *WAHA has not received updates on active cases from communities […]
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COVID-19 Bulletin #579
May 20, 2022 Vaccination Manitoba is expanding eligibility for the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to include: individuals aged 50 or older who live in the community (previously aged 70 or older); First Nations, Inuit and Métis people aged 30 or older, regardless of where they live (previously aged 50 or older); individuals aged […]
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YT Government: New working group formed to examine post COVID-19 condition
20/05/2022 The Government of Yukon has formed a working group to learn more about post COVID-19 condition, or long COVID, and those who are experiencing its effects. Post COVID-19 condition occurs in some people who have been infected with COVID-19 and can result in a wide range of diverse and long-term effects. The working group […]
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Confirmed cases of COVID-19 On First Nations reserves, as of May 19 Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is aware of
2022-05-20 Confirmed cases posted on this page reflect only the COVID-19 testing results reported to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). Because of home testing and individuals choosing not to get tested, these numbers are an underestimation of all positive COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities. Cases in First Nations on reserve On First Nations reserves, as […]
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Suicidal thoughts among Canadians significantly higher during COVID-19: StatCan – GLOBAL
May 19, 2022 When COVID-19 hit in 2020, 16-year-old Lexi Daken’s routine changed. “She was active in sports and liked going to school … but that changed,” her father, Chris Daken told Global News Wednesday. “Once COVID-19 hit, she was home, isolated, and didn’t really get that social interaction as much.” Lexi, who was a […]
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Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in first wave of COVID-19 – GLOBAL
May 19, 2022 Quebec authorities share blame with the owners of a private Montreal-area long-term care home where 47 residents died during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province’s coroner said Thursday. The owners of the home, the Quebec government and a Montreal health authority “passed the ball around” while vulnerable people died […]
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CDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11 – CTV
May 20, 2022 Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly adopted the panel’s recommendation, opening a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids — just like what is already recommended for everybody 12 […]
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