Tag Archives: Health
Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP
OTTAWA - The resignation of a scientific adviser from the federal pesticide regulator is yet another example of industry having too much influence at Health Canada, the NDP's health critic is alleging...
Jul 19, 2023
BC Coroners Service blames illicit drug supply for 184 deaths in June
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says 184 people died in the province in June due to the toxic, unregulated drug supply that has claimed more than 1,200 lives in the first half of this year. The co...
Jul 19, 2023
Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it
EDMONTON - Alberta's new health minister has been given the go-ahead to decentralize the entire health-care delivery system - 15 years after the province completed a multistage, multiyear process to c...
Jul 18, 2023
Legal review results in no expansion of methadone dispensaries in Prince Albert
A legal review of local pharmacist Amy Lamb's assertion that zoning restrictions on where methadone can be given out might be illegal has resulted in no changes to what the city allows right now. City...
Jul 17, 2023
BC Coroner issues safety alert over wildfire smoke after child's death
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner has issued a public safety bulletin about wildfire smoke, saying the death of a nine-year-old boy had been "confirmed by his parents" to have been related to a me...
Jul 17, 2023
Former P.A. resident named one of Canada's Top 50 under 50 Indo-Canadians
A former Prince Albert resident and daughter of "The Angel of The North" has been named one of the best in Canada.Unjali Malhotra, the daughter of renowned P.A. doctor Lalita Malhotra was recently hon...
Jul 15, 2023
White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.
WASHINGTON - Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States - but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them. So far, it's been an extreme-weath...
Jul 14, 2023
Aspartame a 'possible' carcinogen but evidence limited, WHO says
TORONTO - The Canadian Cancer Society and Health Canada are reviewing the World Health Organization's classification of aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic." The WHO released findings on Thursday even...
Jul 14, 2023
Groves named Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Sean Groves has been named the Family Physician of the Year by the Saskatchewan chapter of the College of Family Physicians of Canada."It's a huge honour and I think really a testament not to me, ...
Jul 13, 2023
Humboldt District Hospital Foundation receives $200k donation from BHP
BHP recently donated $200,000 to the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation (HDHF).This will allow the HDHF to acquire two bladder scanners, a Glidescope, and other enhanced operating room equipment.Ac...
Jul 13, 2023