Starting Monday, students in Regina schools will be required to wear a non-medical mask in school and on buses. This follows the provincial governments’ move to mandate masks in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. The school divisions were left out of this mandate, some had already mandated mask use school-wide. School divisions were asked to […]
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Mask-wearing has become ubiquitous with the coronavirus pandemic. It has been proven to be a preventative measure to slow the spread of the virus – the main benefit being to protect others in case you are infected and not aware of it. Based on new research, it points to benefits being two-fold. Researchers from the
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Amid surging COVID-19 case numbers, Manitobans who are still celebrating Halloween are having to get creative. The Winnipeg Region will move into critical level red on the Pandemic Response System, and the rest of the province will elevate to orange, but first, Halloween. Public health officials have set out guidelines for the event, but some
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A Halifax first aid instructor urges Nova Scotia companies to invest in CPR training. This aims on reducing the likelihood of heart attack deaths. Increasing cases of death from cardiac arrest In Canada, an individual who suffers a cardiac arrest outside a healthcare facility has a 5% chance of survival. There is a higher success
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A criminal defense lawyer shares the COVID-19 precautions ignored for some OCDC inmates. As criminal defense lawyer Gary Chayko sat in a courtroom at the Cornwall Courthouse waiting for this client to arrive from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) for a preliminary hearing, he took stock of the pandemic precautions around him. Guards and court
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Montreal police (SPVM) raided a warehouse and given fines to 83 people who had gathered there for a party in contravention of COVID-19 health measures. SPVM spokesperson stated that officers responded to the warehouse in Montreal’s Garment District in the Ahuntsic borough when they learned there was an illegal gathering. During the search, the police
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Halloween is upon us and many are going ahead with frightening displays hoping children will dare to head outdoors. While trick-or-treating may be too spooky for some, others have scared-up some creative ideas to make for a fun-filled Hallows Eve. The first that comes to mind is Al Bois. The front yard of his Barrhaven
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When a life is on the line, CPR is a life-saving technique. When a person collapses and no longer moves, he/she might be experiencing a massive heart attack and was one of those who did not have the typical warning signs or chest pain. In such cases, the heart flipped quickly into a deadly rhythm,
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With athletes returning to training and people heading back to the gym, there are still some questions about whether or not to wear a mask. In June, the World Health Organization published information about wearing masks, stating that it was not a good idea to wear a face-covering during exercise. It has been stated by
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