Tag Archives: Health
Smith says no COVID-19 pardons because Canadian system doesn't work like the U.S.
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn't work that way. "Because we've been so influenced by the (Unit...
Jan 16, 2023
Police confirm missing man found deceased
The Prince Albert Police Service has confirmed a man reported missing weeks ago has been found deceased.Dwight Whitehead was found late Monday morning in a wooded area, near the 1000 Block of 18th St....
Jan 16, 2023
Liberals mum on bill to codify standards in long-term care, despite new guidelines
OTTAWA - A team of experts released a highly anticipated, detailed handbook on how to boost quality of life and prevent the spread of infection in long-term care homes last month that could inform ant...
Jan 16, 2023
Course aims to fill gap by training therapists on needs of veterans, first responders
OTTAWA - It wasn't until psychologist number three that retired warrant officer Brian McKenna was able to find someone who, in his words, "had a clue." McKenna, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan now...
Jan 16, 2023
Smith says she urged minister to consider whether COVID prosecutions could succeed
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a third version of what she discussed with justice officials over how to handle the prosecution of people charged with breaking COVID-19 health ...
Jan 14, 2023
Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violati...
Jan 13, 2023
BASAC starts "Peggy's Closet" to help survivors of sexual assault
Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC) wants to reduce some of the trauma for survivors going through the process of reporting a sexual assault incident. Executive director Amber Stewart s...
Jan 13, 2023
A desperate situation at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital: Nurses Union
Saskatchewan's Children's Hospital is in a critical situation, like nothing ever seen before by nurses in that facility.That's according to the President of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) who ...
Jan 12, 2023
P.A. & area leading way on brain injury awareness says Canadian Royal Purple President
The Prince Albert area is being credited by a national organization for leading the way in brain injury awareness.Sandi Lougheed, the president of Canadian Royal Purple, took time this past weekend to...
Jan 12, 2023
Rural refuge losing appeal after two break-ins
When nurse Randi Walker bought an acreage in the Debden area at the start of the pandemic, she was looking for a place to recharge from the mentally exhausting workdays during a global health scare. T...
Jan 12, 2023