Health

Safety tips on space heaters, block heaters, and cords

Space heaters are at a premium during the cold snaps we face each winter.But they can be a fire risk if not used or maintained properly.Melfort Fire Chief Shaun Stewart told northeastNOW an important ...

Jan 16, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Regional HIV outbreak progressively normalizing

Health professionals in the area say fewer patients are being diagnosed with HIV after an outbreak was declared late last year. Dr. Mandiangu Nsungu, medical health officer with Saskatchewan Health Au...

Jan 15, 2020 (Dreamstime/149316381)

'It will save a life. Maybe even your own': Melfort Heliport fundraiser officially launched

The fundraising campaign for the new heliport in Melfort is off to a flying start.The official launch of the North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF) Melfort Hospital Heliport Fundraising Campaign...

Jan 15, 2020 NCHCF Chair Peggy George addresses the crowd at the Melfort Heliport fundraising campaign launch (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Influenza virus strikes earlier than usual

The notice of the influenza outbreak at Northwest Lodge was lifted in late December but seniors, people with underlying health conditions, compromised immune systems and caregivers are still at risk. ...

Jan 14, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Raiders pitch in to help make facility a reality

The Prince Albert Raiders are getting behind the Rose Garden Hospice.On Tuesday morning the team donated $5,500 to help make the facility a reality. Cliff Mapes, executive director of the team's busin...

Jan 14, 2020 Cliff Mapes, right, presents Marina Mitchell and Ralph Boychuk with the team's donation. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Transportation service for cancer patients coming to P.A.

The Canadian Cancer Society is expanding its Wheels of Hope service to provide transportation for Prince Albert residents travelling to Saskatoon for cancer treatment."It will mean relief," Charlene B...

Jan 13, 2020 (website/Canadian Cancer Society)

Steph on Meditation!

The meditation teacher didn’t give me any change when I paid for my meditation class. When I asked about it, she said the change has to come from within. Lord knows I’ve tried. I keep tryi...

Stephanie Staples Jan 12, 2020

Toffifee helps hospice

The Rose Garden Hospice has received its first major donation of 2020.Wednesday morning Canadian Tire's Malcolm Jenkins donated $28,600, generated from selling Toffifee candy over the holiday season t...

Jan 08, 2020 Malcolm Jenkins, right, presents a check for $28,600 to the Rose Garden Hospice's Marina Mitchell and Ralph Boychuk. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

'If and when needed': Brunswick School installs AED

It's there if needed, but you hope to never have to use it.Brunswick School in Melfort officially installed an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in their school just before the Christmas break.Th...

Jan 07, 2020 (submitted photo/Rodney White)

E-cigarettes in the spotlight as province prepares for regulations

The United States has announced it will ban most flavoured e-cigarettes. And as Saskatchewan's own vaping regulations are set to take effect this spring, a local retailer says it's high nicotine conte...

Glynn Brothen Jan 07, 2020 (The Canadian Press)