Tag Archives: Health
Melfort Food Bank in dire need of cash infusion as usage and costs increase
The Melfort Food Bank is busier than ever and in urgent need of financial support. Secretary Ellen Zuck told northeastNOW the number of people using the food bank has increased by about 60 per cent ov...
Aug 20, 2024
NDP MLAs concerned with staffing, housing requirements for new long-term care home
NDP MLAs Jared Clarke and Vicki Mowat were in La Ronge for three days last week as part of a provincial health care tour. The goal of their visit was to see different health care facilities that exist...
Aug 19, 2024
Canada's assisted-dying law faces constitutional fight for excluding mental disorder
OTTAWA - A man who says he suffers from chronic and worsening mental health issues is among those launching a court challenge of the federal government's assisted dying law, which excludes people suff...
Aug 19, 2024
Joly announces $1M to help stem mpox in Africa as Liberals craft continental plan
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will provide $1 million to help stem mpox in Africa as her government assembles a long-delayed plan on how to engage with the continent. The f...
Aug 19, 2024
Mpox strain spreading in Africa could come to Canada: experts
The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn't appeared before, Canadian experts say.The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in s...
Aug 18, 2024
Gov. Gen. names broadcaster Charles Adler, hospital executive Tracy Muggli to Senate
OTTAWA - Veteran broadcaster Charles Adler and Saskatchewan hospital executive Tracy Muggli are Canada's latest independent senators, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday. Adler came to Ca...
Aug 17, 2024
Make it flow: Makwa water operator nominated for national award; inspires the next generation
The water looked weird to Melanie Kytwayhat. About six years ago, she was about to give her baby, then a toddler, a bath but her community of Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation was under a boil water advi...
Aug 16, 2024
Three new beds added to treatment space in Pinehouse
An additional three beds have been added to the 12 already available at the Muskwa Lake Wellness Camp in Pinehouse. Winterization and building is done on the new cabins, according to a news release fr...
Aug 16, 2024
Saskatchewan saw first-ever case of H3N2v swine flu in July
It's a disease so rare, there have only been four recorded cases in Canada since 2005. One of those cases was detected in Saskatchewan last month. According to the province's latest Community Respirat...
Aug 16, 2024
Saskatchewan saw first-ever case of H3N2v swine flu in July
It's a disease so rare, there have only been four recorded cases in Canada since 2005.One of those cases was detected in Saskatchewan last month. According to the province's latest Community Respirato...
Aug 16, 2024