Tag Archives: Health
Meth use in Prince Albert putting added pressure on policing, health care services
Whether it's the latest police release, or the next patient in the emergency room, crystal meth has become a major topic across the province, and has been tied by police to a number of other illegal a...
Aug 28, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Third annual suicide awareness walk heads towards La Ronge
Several families from Northern Saskatchewan have come together for the third straight year to spread awareness about a sensitive subject.A suicide awareness walk started Friday in Prince Albert and wi...
Aug 26, 2019 Picture taken at the completion of the walk in 2017. (Submitted photo/ Clara Charles)
Melfort RCMP investigate release of "noxious substance"
A noxious substance was intentionally released Friday at a civic facility, according to the Melfort and District Fire Department.At approximately 4:59 p.m., fire fighters responded to the facility in ...
Aug 24, 2019 (File photo/ northeastNOW Staff)
P.A. seeks province's input on cutting liquor retail hours
The City of Prince Albert will ask the province if and how it can curtail alcohol retail hours.According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the rate of hospitalizations caused by alcoho...
Aug 23, 2019 Alcohol on sale (File photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Longtime P.A. chiropractor prepares for retirement
A career that has spanned over five decades is coming to an end for a man who has helped give back to his community in more ways than one.On Thursday, Reg Martsinkiw will leave for his office at Victo...
Aug 22, 2019 Reg Martsinkiw. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Community will need to raise millions of dollars for new hospital equipment
The Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) says there's little the public can do at the moment to prepare for the millions of dollars that will be needed to equip and furnish a new hospital in Prince Albe...
Aug 20, 2019 The community will need to raise millions of dollars for equipment and furnishings once the go ahead is given for the new hospital in Prince Albert. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Health Canada approves Saskatoon safe consumption site, first-ever in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's first-ever safe consumption site for drug users is officially coming to Saskatoon.Health Canada's website indicates AIDS Saskatoon has been approved to run a supervised consumption site...
Aug 20, 2019 The new safe consumption site is coming to Saskatoon, at the site of the old 'Pleasant Hill Bakery' on 20th Street. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
BDFRC offers easy, healthy foods in backpack programs for kids in need
If you have a few extra dollars you might want to donate it the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) to help kids in needy families.Executive Director Erin Katerynych said the BDFRC o...
Aug 16, 2019 Manager Heather O'Neill shows some items in the summer food program for kids in need, at the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC), Friday. The BDFRC offers two "backpack" food programs during the year for kids. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Former administrator elected urban councilor
The newly elected urban councilor for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) says she is anxious to get to work.The unofficial results from Thursday's byelection show Clarisse Lecoq received 400 votes, j...
Aug 16, 2019 (Submitted photo/ Clarisse Lecoq)
Proposed 'tourist camp' introduced to R.M. council
An initial plan for a special retreat south of Prince Albert for first responders suffering from operational stress injuries (OSI) has been scrapped, and in its place is a plan for something much diff...
Aug 15, 2019 Duane Braaten and Jack Rennie had a special announcement for the R.M. of Prince Albert council on Thursday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)