Tag Archives: Health
Two-time organ recipient designs Green Shirt Day logo five years after bus crash
Brandy Hehn was a regular in the kidney dialysis unit at the Regina General Hospital when the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened five years ago. Sixteen people died and 13 were injured after a...
Mar 26, 2023
Millennials dominate insolvencies as credit card, student loan, CERB tax debts add up
Insolvency trustee Doug Hoyes encounters a lot of Canadians with money troubles, but he's become particularly sympathetic to the plight of young people who find themselves financially underwater. For ...
Mar 26, 2023
Saskatchewan family doctors say provincial budget short on needed reforms
Saskatchewan family doctors say the province's latest budget fails to make needed reforms that would help keep them here as some look elsewhere for work.Saskatchewan Medical Association President Dr. ...
Mar 25, 2023
Alberta legislature wraps up with attacks, insults; next stop is May 29 election
EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature wrapped up its spring sitting Thursday with politicians on both sides of the aisle test-driving insults and expected attack lines ahead of the scheduled May 29 provi...
Mar 23, 2023
More nurses resign from Manitoba sexual assault program
WINNIPEG - Two more nurses who helped examine sexual assault victims in Manitoba have resigned a day after one-third of the program's nurses stepped down, leaving one community health centre concerned...
Mar 22, 2023
Health-care and Education unions respond to provincial budget
Some of Saskatchewan's biggest health-care and education unions have spoken out following the tabling of the budget on Wednesday afternoon.The Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) was hoping ...
Mar 22, 2023
Provincial government commits support to help women in crisis
The executive director of the Prince Albert Safe Shelter for Women is welcoming a three-year commitment by the provincial government to support second stage housing for women and their children fleein...
Mar 22, 2023
Ottawa to spend $1.5 billion to improve access to drugs for rare diseases
MONTREAL - The federal government will spend up to $1.5 billion over the next three years to improve access to drugs used to treat rare diseases, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Wednesday. Almos...
Mar 22, 2023
Prince Albert frontline worker calls on provincial government to prioritize mental health supports in budget
The director of program development for Prince Albert's YWCA is hoping mental health is prioritized in Wednesday's provincial budget. Rob Dunlop noted increases this past year in the city's homeless p...
Mar 21, 2023
Saskatchewan First Nation comes to B.C. to talk about taking over child welfare
VANCOUVER - Solomon Reece spent a decade in Vancouver before being elected as a councillor to the Key First Nation in Saskatchewan last year. While he remained connected to his First Nation, Reece was...
Mar 21, 2023