Alberta’s privacy commissioner has launched two investigations into Babylon by Telus Health, a virtual medical app touted by the provincial government. The investigations were opened after concerns were identified in separate privacy impact assessments (PIAs) submitted on the app by a Calgary-based physician and Babylon Health Canada Limited, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner…
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A Canadian publisher is drawing attention to the hundreds of independent booksellers embracing online sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Don Gorman, the Victoria-based publisher of Rocky Mountain Books, created a Google Map of independent booksellers operating online and offering delivery or curbside pickup. The map now includes more than 250 bookstores and has been viewed…
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New procedural masks manufactured in China meet clinical standards and any issues have more to do with personal preference for an older model, a senior Alberta health official said Monday. “We recognize that masks are really, really personal because they touch your face,” Jitendra Prasad, the Alberta Health Services official in charge of contracting and…
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Alberta reported four more deaths from COVID-19 on Monday and 105 new cases of the illness. The total number of deaths now sits at 59 and the total number of cases at 2,908. Of those, 1,619 are active cases, while 1,230 people have recovered. As of Monday, 100,898 Albertans have been tested for COVID-19. The regional…
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A meat-processing plant near High River at the centre of the largest outbreak of COVID-19 in Alberta will temporarily shut down. There are now 358 confirmed cases linked to the Cargill plant south of Calgary. Employees at the facility have accused the company of ignoring physical distancing protocols and trying to lure them back to work…
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Health officials in British Columbia and Saskatchewan are advising people to self isolate if they’re returning from an area of Alberta where an oilsands site is suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak. The Interior Health region in British Columbia has advised that “contacts or potential contacts” with the Kearl Lake oilsands site should self-isolate for 14…
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