Tag Archives: Health
Battlefords Food Bank seeing more clients as Christmas season approaches
The Executive Director of the Battlefords District Food Resource Centre (BDFRC) is hoping the generosity of the community helps restock the shelves over the next few weeks heading into the Christmas s...
Oct 26, 2023
Dentists decry being left in the dark about federal dental insurance plan
OTTAWA - Canadian dentists are demanding details on Ottawa's soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the federal government plans to preserve existing provincial and private coverag...
Oct 26, 2023
NCHCF hosting first radiothon since 2019
This Thursday will mark the North Central Health Care Foundation's (NCHCF) first radiothon in four years.The organization hasn't held one since 2019, because of COVID, but tomorrow that will all end a...
Oct 25, 2023
Regulator to restart consultations on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines
OTTAWA - The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reform, the agency announced Wednesday. Last y...
Oct 25, 2023
AFCS gathering input in La Ronge for Safe Space Strategy
Representatives of the Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan (AFCS) were in La Ronge on Monday to gather input for the Safe Space Strategy.The Safe Space Strategy is a project where AFCS hopes...
Oct 25, 2023
Health-care standards not met at Alberta correctional centre, report finds
EDMONTON - Two inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre died and three others were hospitalized after receiving poor medical care at the institution, the province's public interest commissioner has found...
Oct 25, 2023
P.A high school marks first stop for provincial shipment of feminine hygiene products
Over three million menstrual products will soon be handed out across the province.Laura Ross, Saskatchewan's Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, was in Prince Albert on Monday where she anno...
Oct 23, 2023
'I have no fixed address': A look at encampments for homeless across Canada
Federal housing advocate Marie-Jose Houle has called the spread of homeless encampments in cities across Canada a human rights crisis. "People living in encampments face some of the most vulnerable ci...
Oct 23, 2023
La Ronge homeless shelter reaching capacity most nights
The Extended Hours Program, an overnight shelter, at La Ronge's Scattered Site opened Oct. 1 and is already reaching capacity most nights. That's according to Kikinahk Friendship Centre executive dire...
Oct 20, 2023
Melfort entices new Doctor to move to community
It's safe to say the City of Melfort's new recruitment program for physicians is already a success.Despite being approved back in August, it has already enticed one healthcare professional to move to ...
Oct 20, 2023