Tag Archives: Health
Campaign being launched to bring awareness on rising number of syphilis cases in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is looking to raise awareness about the rising number of syphilis cases in the province.The latest numbers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) show there...
Feb 07, 2023
What Trudeau has offered to the premiers to fund health care
OTTAWA - Premiers got their fist look at Ottawa's offer to increase long-term health funding Tuesday at a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the federal proposal falls short of what they ...
Feb 07, 2023
COVID critic had illness but died of drug overdose, B.C. coroner says
VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic died in 2021 of a drug overdose, although he also tested positive for the illness post-mortem. The re...
Feb 07, 2023
While survey takers say yes, unions say no to public money for private care
When it comes to fixing health care in the province and the country, it appears many people want more funding but are open to private options.Those were some of the findings that came from a recent su...
Feb 07, 2023
'This is really exciting': Victoria Hospital expansion project takes step closer to construction starting
Site preparation work is starting on the Victoria Hospital expansion project in Prince Albert.Over the next couple of months, construction crews will be undergoing geotechnical drilling, utility work,...
Feb 07, 2023
Sask. Rivers School Division launches plan to bring students back to class
With a rising number of students absent from school, the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is taking concrete steps to turn things around.One of those steps was the launch last month of a soc...
Feb 07, 2023
Cree mother wonders how mining development in northern Quebec will affect food supply
CHISASIBI, Que. - Heather House studies full-time through McGill University's distance education program, and when she is not immersed in books she is raising her eight children with her husband in Ch...
Feb 07, 2023
Trudeau lays out $196-billion, 10-year health-care offer to premiers
OTTAWA - The federal government has presented a new health-care funding offer that would see Ottawa shift $196 billion to the provinces and territories over the next 10 years in exchange for commitmen...
Feb 07, 2023
Northern agencies team up to keep youth warm this winter
Dozens of children living in a small community in northern Saskatchewan are guaranteed to have a warmer winter, thanks in large part to some recent generous donations.Timber Bay school received about ...
Feb 06, 2023
Feds will increase annual health transfer and offer targeted funding with conditions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer the provinces a "significant" increase to the Canada Health Transfer and additional money if they agree to one-on-one deals targeting specific problem...
Feb 06, 2023