A federal judge Wednesday granted a temporary stay of execution to 73-year-old James Dailey, convicted in Florida of stabbing and drowning a 14-year-old girl in 1985.
Big cities feeling nursing shortage crunch
by Faiza Amin
Last Updated Jun 29, 2021 at 10:43 pm EDT
What was once a problem only in rural parts of Canada is now being called a national crisis. A shortage of nurses across the country is creating more challenges for hospitals who are struggling to recruit them.
“We’ve had widespread nursing challenges in Ottawa and the surrounding region for quite some time. The pandemic amplified that significantly,” said Greg Hedgecoe, VP of People, Performance & Diagnostic Services, Queensway Carleton Hospital.
“It’s quite a bit higher than the norm, but it’s been coming down as a result of our regional recruitment campaign.”
BC CDC COVID-19 dashboard for May 7th. (BC CDC)
VICTORIA, B.C. – The Northern Health Region added 26 new cases Friday, dropping the active case count to 157.
Out of 14 people in hospital, seven are in critical care.
One COVID-19 related death was recorded Friday, bringing the regional total to 141. ),whenLoaded(initFlexitive);
Provincial COVID-19 data
Out of 445 people in hospital, 157 are in critical care.
The province confirmed seven COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the provincial total to 1,602.
In total, 134,341 total cases have been recorded, and 125,799 have recovered.
COVID-19 school exposures
North Peace Secondary School had a COVID-19 exposure on May 3rd.
Leaked report shows more detailed data
Positivity testing rate by local health area.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C – Compared to the rest of the province, the North Peace had the highest positivity testing rate last week and has the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates.
The data comes from leaked internal reports from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, released by the Vancouver Sun on Thursday.
A map of COVID-19 testing positivity by local health area shows Peace River North, including Fort St. John, had over a 20 per cent rate between April 23rd to April 29th, which was the highest in the province. ),whenLoaded(initFlexitive);
It shows the region has remained steady while Peace River South has decreased by at least three per cent from the previous week.