Tag Archives: Health
U.S. study links Canadian wildfire smoke to doctor visit spike in Baltimore
TORONTO - Raging Canadian wildfires that choked North America under clouds of smoke last year may have contributed to a spike in doctor visits for lung and heart problems thousands of kilometres away,...
Dec 13, 2024
Melfort Food Bank still in need of monetary donations
The Melfort Food Bank has put a call out for cash donations. The organization is once again asking the public to help after making a similar request in August. "We are now in a critical situation as w...
Dec 12, 2024
Some epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage
TORONTO - The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says an ongoing shortage of an epilepsy medication is leaving some patients worried they'll start to have seizures again if they switch to an alternative. The ...
Dec 12, 2024
Hundreds of Salvation Army Christmas Hampers for Melfort, Tisdale area residents
The Salvation Army Christmas Hamper campaign is winding down in Melfort and Tisdale. The organization distributes Christmas hampers to those in need during the holiday season. Glenna Cryderman of the ...
Dec 12, 2024
Creditors approve proposed $32.5B deal with tobacco giants today: lawyer
A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada, has been approved by the companies' creditors, a lawyer representin...
Dec 12, 2024
MAID cases rose to 15,000 in 2023, but growth of cases has halved
OTTAWA - More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada said in its fifth annua...
Dec 11, 2024
Nipawin Council agrees to chip in to cover final Heliport invoices
The Town of Nipawin will be kicking in a little more money toward the Heliport project to get over the final hurdle - at least temporarily. The Heliport, an initiative of the Twin Lakes District Plann...
Dec 11, 2024
La Loche recipient of new portable blood analyzer, printer kit
Saskatchewan Blue Cross is providing $11,000 to the Boreal Healthcare Foundation (BHF) for essential healthcare equipment.The funding supports the purchase of an i-STAT Portable Blood Analyzer and i-S...
Dec 10, 2024
Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says the ongoing postal strike is delaying supplies of medicine and other necessities to rural and remote communities. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is ...
Dec 10, 2024
MPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against
OTTAWA - Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons. On the final day the money could be voted on, MPs rushed through the supplementar...
Dec 10, 2024