frontline workers

• Dropped mask mandates: Public-facing workers face hostility, health risks

  A retail worker from Alberta, Ian Bowen, contracted COVID-19 two weeks after his province dropped its mask mandate. He believes he got sick at work.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 21
  
• COVID-19: New Brunswick nurse details life and death on front lines

  'This sounds morbid, but you put a person in a bag and then you get the next admission into that bed. You have to put a smile on and move on,' says a nurse amid the COVID-19 fight.

  Health

  Jan 16
  
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• Manitoba amends compensation act to enhance firefighters’ health supports

  The province is making changes to the Workers Compensation Act with the goal of helping Manitoba firefighters, Premier Heather Stefanson announced Friday.

  Health

  Nov 26, 2021
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• Santa Claus parade returns to Saskatoon for 2021

  This year the annual Saskatoon Santa Claus Parade was meant to recognize and celebrate local health care workers, who were this year’s Parade Grand Marshal.

  Entertainment

  Nov 21, 2021
• SHA launches ‘Faces of the Fight’ campaign to help curb continuing spread of COVID-19

  It's now been several months since COVID-19 vaccines have been easily accessible to the general public

  Health

  Oct 5, 2021
• Saskatchewan minimum wage to see 36 cent increase

  The minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase by $0.36 on Oct. 1. According to some, this amount is still far too low to make a living.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2021
• COVID-19: Islamic students in Calgary mark Ramadan with thank you cards to front-line workers

  Students are sending out 500 handmade thank you cards to front-line workers all over Calgary.

  Features

  Apr 26, 2021
• ‘Tipping point’: A look inside Canada’s hospitals as COVID-19 variants surge

  Healthcare system is under increasing pressure, frontline workers say, with a large portion of the ICU admissions concerning new variant cases.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2021
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• Front-line worker in Calgary aims to relieve ‘toxic stress’ amid COVID-19 pandemic

  Stress in on the rise among people trying to help others in crisis get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Working in a hospital, for instance, is often a stressful situation.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2021
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• Elite curlers go from the COVID-19 pandemic front lines to the bubble hog line

  Kerri Einarson and Joanne Courtney are fierce rivals on the curling ice. But outside of the bubble, they're on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19.

  Sports

  Mar 22, 2021