Andrew Elchuk is the first person in Saskatchewan to enter a trial examining convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients

The vaccine trials were being conducted out of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University.

Concerns about the long-term impact of grief during the pandemic are shared by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and researchers who have formed the Canadian Grief Alliance

The most common reports to Health Canada involve bleach, which made up 38 per cent of calls to poison centres in March.

The company behind a rapid coronavirus test that was expected to be massively rolled out in rural Alberta has voluntarily recalled its product. 

Health Canada says the product is restricted to research use only until adequate evidence of clinical performance can be provided.

With more people trying to disinfect and clean their homes, there have been more people putting themselves in danger by not using products correctly.

The sale of diagnostic tests which are not approved by Health Canada is illegal.

Health Canada lists a backlog of more than 50 companies waiting for the green light, some of which have been waiting for more than a month

Health Canada said it's "taking steps" to address the shortage.