Tag Archives: Health
Nunavut awaiting updated offer before signing onto federal health-care deal
YELLOWKNIFE - As provinces begin signing health-care funding agreements with the federal government, territories say further negotiations are needed to address challenges in the North. The federal gov...
Feb 27, 2023
'Shouldn't go unrecognized': P.A. doctor set to receive award for work during pandemic
The medical health officer for Prince Albert is receiving an award for the work he did during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Khami Chokani has been chosen by the Victoria Hospital Foundation (...
Feb 27, 2023
Alberta signs $24B, 10-year health-care funding deal with Ottawa
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says the new health funding deal with the federal government will dovetail with provincial reforms to the system. "The additional money will help us accelerate wha...
Feb 27, 2023
Immigration Resource Centre hosts borscht and perogy making night
Onions, potatoes, carrots, bacon and a boisterous group of budding foodies. It was a fun night for those taking part in the Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre's Cultural Cooking Class at the Don ...
Feb 24, 2023
Director of Canada's drug price regulator resigns same week as colleague steps down
HALIFAX - The executive director of Canada's drug pricing regulator is stepping down - just days after another member resigned because of concerns that the federal government was undermining the indep...
Feb 24, 2023
Manitoba, federal government reach $6.7B health-care deal
WINNIPEG - Manitoba has become the sixth province to sign on to a new health-care funding proposal with the federal government. Following Ontario and the Atlantic provinces, the Manitoba government si...
Feb 24, 2023
Ontario, federal government reach agreement in principle on health care
Ontario and the federal government have reached a 10-year deal in principle on health care, paving the way for both sides to iron out the details of how the new money will be spent. Health Minister Sy...
Feb 23, 2023
A grand gesture warms PA homeless population
For the 1,000th time, a group of women in Prince Albert has completed a handmaid quilt for the Moose Lodge, where quilts get passed on to one of the city's homeless people. Margaret Ferguson said that...
Feb 22, 2023
Findings of tri-community dog study shared with leadership, public
Dr. Jordan Woodsworth, a clinical associate in wellness at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, has released her final report for the Healthy Dogs Healthy Communities Research Project.She deliv...
Feb 22, 2023
'Incredibly premature' to consider drug decriminalization, Alberta police chiefs say
CALGARY - The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police says it believes, based on research it commissioned, that it would be "incredibly premature" to think about decriminalizing drugs. Instead, it say...
Feb 22, 2023