Tag Archives: Health
Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds
Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost the mental health and drug awareness, treatment and rehabilitation services they offe...
Jul 07, 2023
Pleas for help as Montreal's LGBTQ Village falls victim to addiction, homelessness
MONTREAL - The Village, Montreal's historical LGBTQ neighbourhood, has become the scene of homelessness, addiction and crime, with locals suggesting that its social problems are being imported because...
Jul 07, 2023
Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost the mental health and drug awareness, treatment and rehabilitation s...
Jul 06, 2023
Quebec only outlier on Ottawa health deal as Nunavut, Yukon and N.W.T. sign on
OTTAWA - All three territories signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer Thursday, leaving Quebec as the only holdout on the new accords. Trudeau presented his offer at a meeti...
Jul 06, 2023
Provinces falling short of national long-term care standards: report
OTTAWA - Provincial long-term care standards vary drastically across the country and, in some cases, fall far short of new national standards released earlier this year, the National Institute on Agei...
Jul 05, 2023
Sask. business owner among those opposed to potential changes for natural health products
Those in the natural health food industry are gravely concerned over proposed changes they said could shutter many businesses.As part of Bill C-47 which looks to amend legislation laid out in the 2023...
Jul 04, 2023
SHA Virtual Physician pilot program officially launches in Porcupine Plain
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched its Virtual Physician (VP) pilot program at the Porcupine Carragana Hospital in Porcupine Plain.This past Saturday (July 1) also marked the expansion of ...
Jul 04, 2023
Sask teen in need of bone marrow donor
The hockey community in Humboldt is once again banding together to help a fellow hockey player in need.Archer Franklin, a member of the 2022-23 U18 AA Humboldt Broncos has been diagnosed with aplastic...
Jul 03, 2023
'A life-saving tool': More people carrying naloxone to help strangers on the street
Kym Porter has been carrying a naloxone kit in her purse since her son died of an overdose more than six years ago. Porter, a retired school teacher in Medicine Hat, Alta., was trained to use both the...
Jul 03, 2023
Porcupine Plain hospital set to expand emergency room hours
Starting July 1, residents of Porcupine Plain and area will have easier access to the local hospital's emergency room, no matter what day or time it is.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announce...
Jun 30, 2023