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The president of the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) is not happy with Premier Sandy Silver. Last week, during an interview with the Star, Steve Geick said sources within the government had told him during a meeting that up to 60 per cent of health and social services workers were off the job on Feb. 5. During last Thursday’s weekly COVID-19 briefing, Silver and Dr. Brendan Hanley, the chief medical officer of health, were very critical of the figures Geick released and which were reported by the Star. “It’s very upsetting,” Hanley said. Silver said, “it’s simply not true that 60 ...

Over the weekend, Steve Geick, the president of the YEU, posted some startling numbers on social media. “According to the YG Public Service Commission, roughly 60 per cent of Continuing Care staff were off sick yesterday, Friday Feb. 5,” he wrote on the YEU Facebook page. “Group-vaccinated essential workers are dealing en masse with the side effects of their second shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.” Geick said today he received updated numbers that indicated the 60 per cent figure was for a specific location, contrary to what he had originally been told. “I’ll bet that’s pre...

  CORNWALL -- A Cornwall long-term care nurse has been brightening up residents' days with her artistic talent throughout this pandemic, by drawing characters on her masks every day. Laura Mackenzie says it all started last spring when the mandatory mask rule was introduced at St. Joseph's Continuing Care Centre (JCCC). "It was Good Friday actually and I happened to be with a friend of mine, one of the RPNs, and we decided to draw on each others masks because we wanted to make it fun, we wanted to be different," Mackenzie said. "So she drew a bunny on me and I think I drew teeth and a t...

The Northern Light Continuing Care facility in Mars Hill. (David Marino Jr. | The Star-Herald) The Northern Light Continuing Care facility in Mars Hill. (David Marino Jr. | The Star-Herald) Northern Light says residents, staff testing negative after outbreak in Mars Hill facility More than a week after the Maine CDC opened an investigation into Northern Light Continuing Care in Mars Hill, officials said that strict testing and visitation protocols prevented the outbreak from becoming like others that have struck long-term care facilities in The County. MARS HILL, Maine — More than a wee...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Following months of congressional negotiations, on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a $2.3 trillion piece of legislation that includes $900 billion in federal funding and relief for COVID-19.[1] The legislation also includes the No Surprises Act (“Act”), effective January 1, 2022, which significantly bolsters consumer protections for patients by addressing the circumstance of patients receiving “surprise bills” for health care services.[2] While we expect the Biden...