Tag Archives: Health
Sask. pharmacies seeing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines
Supply isn't meeting demand for many pharmacies in the province when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. Many pharmacies are running out of vaccines before they get their next shipment, according to Michae...
Oct 25, 2024
Nipawin Oasis Centre sounds alarm about need for solutions in homelessness crisis
The Nipawin Oasis Community Centre is reaching out for help in finding a solution to the homelessness situation in the community. The non-profit co-operative recently held a Point in Time (PiT) count ...
Oct 24, 2024
Saskatchewan Blue Cross donates $11,000 to Boreal Healthcare Foundation
While the Boreal Healthcare Foundation has had a major focus as of late to secure funds for the Victoria Hospital expansion in Prince Albert as of late, they were able to secure a sizeable donation to...
Oct 24, 2024
5 million adults without primary care, surgeries returning to normal: CIHI
TORONTO - A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults withou...
Oct 24, 2024
Quebec says it's ready to start accepting advanced MAID requests as of Oct. 30
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it will be ready to meet the expected demand for advanced applications for medical assistance in dying when it begins accepting those requests next week. Dr....
Oct 24, 2024
Possible varicella exposure in Shellbrook, Prince Albert emergency rooms
Anyone who visited emergency rooms in Prince Albert or Shellbrook during specific times on Oct. 10 or Oct. 11 may have been exposed to varicella, also known as chickenpox.The Saskatchewan Health Autho...
Oct 24, 2024
'Just horrible': Manitoba man who killed partner, 2 children sentenced to life
WINNIPEG - A woman told court Thursday that years of counselling and medications have failed to keep away nightmares about the gruesome killings of her daughter and two young grandchildren. Tammi St. ...
Oct 24, 2024
5 million adults without primary care, surgeries returning to normal: CIHI report
TORONTO - Eight-three per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one, a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health I...
Oct 23, 2024
Research from Alaska finds more polar bears are exposed to pathogens
Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens that weren't a threat to the animals decades ago. The study, published in the peer...
Oct 23, 2024
Potential listeria contamination causes frozen waffle recall in Canada, U.S.
An American food manufacturing company has issued a voluntary recall of various frozen waffle products in the United States and Canada because of potential listeria contamination. The Canadian portion...
Oct 21, 2024