Tag Archives: Health
B.C. first province to sign individual health deal with feds, worth $1.2 billion
VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister is touting Ottawa's new $1.2-billion bilateral funding agreement with British Columbia as a new model for federal-provincial co-operation to address the health-car...
Oct 10, 2023
Thanksgiving pow wow brings families together, says dancers
The booming and mesmerizing sound of drum beats is echoing throughout Prince Albert's Art Hauser Centre this weekend.After a five-year hiatus, the Northern Lights Casino's Thanksgiving pow-wow has ret...
Oct 07, 2023
SGI, Police Warn Motorists Ahead of Holiday Weekend
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is here and many Saskatchewan motorists will be hitting the highways, eager to spend time with family and friends. However, members of the RCMP and Saskatchewan Genera...
Oct 06, 2023
Emergency resolution on pharmacare expected at NDP convention
OTTAWA - A group of grassroots NDP activists is planning to push for pharmacare to be a make-or-break element of the federal party's supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals at a policy convention...
Oct 06, 2023
Disability advocates warn eligibility for federal dental-care plan may be cumbersome
OTTAWA - The federal government's new dental insurance plan has yet to be introduced, but advocates are warning the eligibility criteria for people with disabilities could be cumbersome and may not ca...
Oct 06, 2023
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