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Latest COVID-19 update in Canada: ‘Kraken’ spreads

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As the first pandemic-response guidelines of the year were released in Canada, public health officials warned it was “too early” to relax COVID-19 measures, noting the spread of the subvariant known as XBB.1.5, or Kraken.

At a news conference in Ottawa Friday, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the country’s health-care sector is still recovering, and while levels of influenza and RSV have returned to the seasonal norms, COVID-19 cases are still fluctuating across Canada.

“For this reason, it is still important to do everything we can to prevent severe illness,” Tam said.

She and Health Minister Jean-Yves

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Sounders land health system as new jersey sponsor

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RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Sounders have partnered with the Washington-based Providence health system as their new jersey sponsor.

The Providence name will appear on the front of Seattle’s jerseys beginning with the FIFA Club World Cup next month in Morocco.

Providence will be the third jersey sponsor in franchise history and it replaces online retailer Zulily, which was the sponsor from 2019 through last season. Xbox was the team’s jersey sponsor for the first 10 years of the franchise’s existence.

The agreement with Providence will also include a community focus with

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Spotlight on RoSPA’s First International Awards Ambassador – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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In 2018, RoSPA developed the RoSPA Awards Ambassador scheme, aiming to create a network of individuals who champion RoSPA’s objective to drive up health and safety standards via the RoSPA’s International Health and Safety Awards. With more than 27-years of experience in OS&H management, and over half of those spent working overseas, Stephen Storey, who is based in India, was well placed to be RoSPA’s first international awards ambassador. We catch up with him to see what this means for him.

Stephen Story has spent fifteen years working overseas in OS&H management in the Middle East and Asia. He is

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Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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2019 was a spectacular year for Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. at the
RoSPA Health & Safety Awards. As well as being Highly Commended in the Health & Safety Team of the Year, they also achieved a RoSPA Gold Achievement Award.

Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. first entered the RoSPA Awards back in 2017, winning a Silver RoSPA Award. Since then, they’ve continued to enter, pushing themselves to win a Gold Award in 2018 and then again in 2019. We spoke to Kieran Doona, Health and Safety Manager at Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. to find out more about

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Peterborough Public Health resumes student immunization enforcement – Peterborough

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Peterborough Public Health will resume enforcement of student immunization beginning Wednesday.

On Monday, the health unit said it would restart enforcement of (ARI), a step other health units have undertaken after the COVID-19 pandemic and heightened response put a pause on routine immunization opportunities.

Ontario health units taking different approaches to student immunization catch up

Health effects of polarized political environment are complex, study shows

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In today's highly polarized political environment, paying close attention to the daily doings of politicians can take a toll on mental and physical health. A new study suggests the problem is complex with no easy answer. Photo by Pavlo/Pixabay

In today’s highly polarized political environment, paying close attention to the daily doings of politicians can take a toll on mental and physical health. A new study suggests the problem is complex with no easy answer. Photo by Pavlo/Pixabay

In today’s highly polarized political environment, is it possible to stay up-to-date with the news of the day without getting totally stressed out?

If not, is there a way to limit the emotional and physical fallout? Or is all that individual stress in service of a greater social good?

New research paints a complex picture with no easy answers.

On the

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We’re off to Chennai – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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Only a few months into the year, 2020 is already proving to be more exciting than ever. This March, RoSPA will be launching our first ever Awards Excellence Forum in India. taking place on Tuesday, March 24at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Campus in Chennai, India. This free event is a phenomenal example of just how far the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards scheme has reached across the globe.

Hosting this international event is International Awards Ambassador Stephen Storey. With over 27 years of experience in the health and safety industry, combined with his rich RoSPA Award winning history,

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Ottawa’s COVID picture is mostly stable, except for wastewater

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Recent developments:

Ottawa’s COVID-19 trends are mostly stable.
A quickly rising coronavirus wastewater average is the exception.
About 4,100 more Ottawans got a COVID vaccine.
Twelve more COVID deaths have been reported in the region.

The latest guidance

The health-care system, particularly for children, has been under a lot of pressure because of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), resulting in long wait times and unprecedented moves to try to cope.

Experts strongly recommend people wear masks indoors and, in Ontario, in the days after having COVID symptoms.

Staying home when sick, keeping hands and surfaces clean and keeping

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