Tag Archives: Health
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
How did these companies survive the pitfalls of the pandemic pivot?
Nick Ngo still vividly remembers the spring of 2020, and the sudden wave of new shops making the same acrylic barriers as his business. "During that time, companies would pop up. I remember (it was) a...
Mar 19, 2023
La Ronge doctor believes province needs to do more to retain physicians
La Ronge's Dr. Elliot Wilkinson, the area division lead for local physicians, believes more needs to be done to retain doctors in northern and rural communities. On Wednesday, Premier Scott Moe announ...
Mar 17, 2023
Tuberculosis outbreak declared in Pond Inlet, Nunavut
POND INLET, Nunavut - The Nunavut Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet. The territory's chief public health officer says there are currently five active cases and 22...
Mar 17, 2023
School group plans youth mental health conference in Biggar
Mental health will be the focus of a special conference in Biggar next month. St. Gabriel School's Random Acts of Kindness Club (RAK) is organizing the "Youth Kindness Conference - Building Tools for ...
Mar 17, 2023
Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioids 'terrorizing' community
MAYO, YUKON - A small Yukon First Nation says it's dealing with an "opioid emergency" that is terrorizing citizens and families with violence, crime, overdoses and death. The First Nation of Nacho Nya...
Mar 16, 2023