Health

Temporary disruption in emergency services at Porcupine Carragana hospital

The emergency department at the Porcupine Carragana hospital will experience a temporary disruption for two days. From 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday and from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday , the hospital emergency...

Aug 02, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW staff)

Immunization van ensures more children have access to vaccinations

Those who haven't been able to access a medical clinic and have their children's vaccinations kept up-to-date can reach out to the mobile Immunization Van.The Saskatchewan Health Authority's immunizat...

Jul 31, 2019 Saskatchewan Health Authority's mobile immunization unit visits North Battleford and Meadow Lake so children can receive their up-to-date vaccinations. (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Majority of northern dog bites occurring in La Loche

La Loche is leading the way when it comes to the number of dog bites in off-reserve northern communities. That's according to data received by larongeNOW from the Saskatchewan Health Authority, which ...

Jul 31, 2019 ID 72338825 © Sarah Johnson | Dreamstime.com

Therapy garden featured at Stony Rapids women's shelter

The new women's shelter set to open in Stony Rapids this September will include a therapy garden for clients. "We've had a lot of great success with our gardening projects and they've really had a goo...

Jul 30, 2019 This therapy garden is located at the soon-to-open women's shelter in Stony Rapids. (submitted photo/Pamela Huerto)

Amidst HIV outbreak, rise in needle debris, agencies explore new efforts

North Battleford is not isolated to headwinds faced through an HIV and syphilis outbreak and a rise in the number of needles found around the city.Municipalities across the nation, and specifically We...

Jul 30, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

NDP leader talks poverty and crime during brief stopover in Prince Albert

The creation of a poverty reduction strategy remains high on the agenda for Saskatchewan's NDP party, and leader Ryan Meili was gathering some research during a stop in Prince Albert Monday.Meili met ...

Jul 29, 2019 Provincial NDP leader Ryan Meili, along with Prince Albert Northcote MLA Nicole Rancourt and Prince Albert Carlton candidate Troy Parenteau, meet Monday with Janet Carriere, Executive Director of Prince Albert's Indian Metis Friendship Centre. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Researchers study new form of super wheat

Researchers are examining ways to develop a genetically superior wheat that delivers high yields and shows more resistance to diseases and insects.The prairie wheat commissions have announced a combin...

Jul 29, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)

‘We’ve got to live for them’: Wounded Warriors Weekend

Wounded Warriors Weekend (WWW) was never supposed to make it to 2019.The first WWW was in 2012 where injured and ill Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, first responders, and their families arriv...

Jul 27, 2019 Veterans and volunteers gather together in front of the Camp Independence sign outside of their Tobin Lake area cottage for Wounded Warriors Weekend (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).

What'sHappeningNOW July 26, 2019

News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Editor Brady Bateman about a tapeworm affecting canids, pets and sometimes even humans.

Jul 26, 2019

Large population of canids infected with tapeworm capable of causing "tumour-like" disease

A small tapeworm capable of causing a "tumour-like disease" in humans is becoming more common in carnivorous animals with up to 70 per cent of coyotes tested near the P.A. area to be infected.Echinoco...

Jul 26, 2019 (Submitted photo/Frank Crockett)