Tag Archives: Health
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
BUH Foundation Monthly Lottery offers $50,000 in total cash prizes
The Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation is seeing a good uptick on its 2023-24 Monthly Lottery fundraiser, on now. The lottery has $50,000 in total cash prizes up for grabs. Only 1,300 tickets...
Mar 15, 2023
Study involving P.A. area horses examines PTSD treatment for emergency responders
A research study is being done in the Prince Albert area trying to determine whether or not horses can help emergency responders managing PTSD. Cartier Farms has partnered with McMaster University to ...
Mar 15, 2023
BUH Foundation launches major capital campaign for Pyxis MedStations
Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation is getting started on a new robust capital campaign to fundraise close to $1 million over two years to purchase new Pyxis MedStations.The foundation said "M...
Mar 15, 2023
Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics
Nick Dechev was startled when an air raid siren blared across a medical site in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv last month. The resident of Victoria, B.C., was in Lviv setting up one of two prosthe...
Mar 15, 2023
Sask. offers $200,000 doctor incentive for northern, rural communities
Doctors willing to work in rural and northern communities in Saskatchewan could get $200,000 over five years, the province announced today. The new dollars are four times the previous incentive and so...
Mar 15, 2023