Tag Archives: Health
Red Pheasant outlines plans around home visits & youth curfew in fight against drug crisis
Red Pheasant Cree Nation is providing more details on its plan to combat the drug crisis in the community.Over the weekend, eight members ended up overdosing with seven happening over a 24-hour period...
Oct 05, 2023
Sask’s first long-term care home for youth to open in Christopher Lake
Young people who don't fit in with care homes for elderly people will soon have their own option in the forested area of north-central Saskatchewan. Kerrie Elliott, a registered psychiatric nurse, own...
Oct 05, 2023
B.C. sets out law to restrict use of illicit drugs in many public places
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will tighten rules around the use of illicit drugs in public places following criticism that consuming fentanyl in community parks could face fewer r...
Oct 05, 2023
Quebec tables bill to sue drug companies for health-care costs linked to opioids
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has introduced a bill that would allow it to join a proposed class-action lawsuit against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies and retailers accused of downplaying the ...
Oct 05, 2023
Quebec man who killed three people at random 'not psychotic,' says psychiatrist
MONTREAL - The psychiatrist whose patient killed three people at random over a 24-hour span in the Montreal area in August 2022 told a coroner's inquest Thursday that what triggered the killing spree ...
Oct 05, 2023
'Extremely fluid': Liberals and NDP haven't yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals' pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as "extremely fluid" negotiations over the highly antici...
Oct 05, 2023
Novavax touts non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, hopeful to meet domestic production deadline
OTTAWA - The last remaining manufacturer to offer an alternative to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Canada is hopeful it will meet the government's 2024 deadline to make the shots domestically. Maryland-bas...
Oct 04, 2023
Hardlotte re-elected to third term as PAGC Grand Chief
When asked how it feels to be re-elected to a third term as Grand Chief of Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), Brian Hardlotte openly admitted it was overwhelming.He provided the comment to paNOW foll...
Oct 03, 2023
How to book flu and COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents can now book one appointment to receive this year's flu vaccine and a COVID-19 booster, which targets the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant.Starting Oct. 10, the shots will be availabl...
Oct 03, 2023
Red Pheasant implementing mandatory home visits, curfew for youth following multiple overdoses
Leadership for Red Pheasant Cree Nation is putting its foot down when it comes to drug activity in the community.This comes after seven members overdosed over a 24-hour span, although RCMP say none we...
Oct 03, 2023