Tag Archives: Health
Children, First Nations are key focus of Immunization Awareness Week in Sask.
From now until Sunday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will be stressing the importance of vaccines during National Immunization Awareness Week.The key messages for this week are the importanc...
Apr 25, 2023
B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has a year to fix its child protection laws after an Appeal Court panel found the legislation unreasonably gave social workers power to access parents' high...
Apr 25, 2023
Yukon government starts funding 40 hours of paid sick leave
WHITEHORSE - Yukon is the first jurisdiction in Canada to provide government-funded paid sick leave with a program targeting workers who are most likely to suffer from taking unpaid time off, Premier ...
Apr 25, 2023
'We use the word miracle': P.A. doctor relives near-death experience and ongoing recovery
A Prince Albert doctor is living his best life after almost dying more than a year ago.Khami Chokani, P.A.'s medical officer of health, suffered an aortic dissection last March which put him in a medi...
Apr 25, 2023
Mental-health services come too late, experts say, after uptick in violence
VANCOUVER - Recent cases of violence across Canada demonstrate a clear need to treat mental illness early instead of waiting until a serious crime happens, says an executive with the Canadian Mental H...
Apr 25, 2023
Smith declines to disavow comments urging out-of-pocket payments for health care
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is declining to say whether she stands by or is disavowing earlier comments she made proposing Albertans pay out-of-pocket for medically insured services as a way to ...
Apr 24, 2023
Iqaluit water treatment plant to return to service after more than a year
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination. The plant was initially shu...
Apr 24, 2023
'I'm greatly humbled': P.A. doctor receives award for work during pandemic
Prince Albert's medical officer of health was honoured this weekend for his work in the community.The Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) held its annual Doctor's Gala on Saturday where they presented ...
Apr 24, 2023
Rural Physician Incentive program hitting the northeast
The Government of Saskatchewan has adjusted its Rural Physician Incentive Program (RPIP) and is hoping to attract more physicians to the northeast.The change started at the beginning of April, as what...
Apr 21, 2023
Coroner says Montreal police used unnecessary force, lacked training in man's death
MONTREAL - A coroner's report into the 2017 death of a man killed by Montreal police says officers put themselves in danger and provoked the use of force. Police were unprepared when they arrived at t...
Apr 21, 2023