Tag Archives: Health
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
Poilievre says he would sue Big Pharma, won't comment on supervised consumption sites
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesdaythat if he became prime minister, he would sue pharmaceutical companies as a way to fund drug treatment - but he wouldn't say what he would do...
Mar 14, 2023
Transportation Safety Board urges better medical screening guidelines for pilots
EDMONTON - The Transportation Safety Board is calling for better screening of heart-related conditions of Canadian pilots. The recommendation comes after at least eight fatal or serious plane crashes ...
Mar 14, 2023
Merriman ‘disappointed’ after feds penalize Sask. for private MRI and CT scans
Ottawa has blindsided Saskatchewan by clawing back more than $740,000 in health transfers.The federal government accused the province of misusing the Canada Health Act by charging for services the fed...
Mar 13, 2023
Eight skunks found dead in Metro Vancouver had avian flu: government
VICTORIA - Eight skunks found dead last month in Vancouver and nearby Richmond, B.C., tested positive for avian flu. British Columbia's Ministry of Agriculture says the skunks were infected with the s...
Mar 13, 2023
Paramedics responded to several chest pain calls this past weekend
Increased calls for chest pains highlighted a busy weekend for Parkland Ambulance paramedics.As of Sunday night, paramedics had responded to over 100 incidents including several chest pain events, whi...
Mar 13, 2023