Tag Archives: Health
Experts clash on whether medically assisted dying system ready for expansion by March
OTTAWA - Leading experts involved in developing an expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder are at odds over whether the exp...
Dec 23, 2022
Quebec health minister says ER overcrowding improving, union says ERs in 'crisis'
MONTREAL - The new plan to reduce overcrowding in Quebec emergency rooms is paying off, the province's health minister said Wednesday, but a major nurses union said that while the measures are laudabl...
Dec 21, 2022
Should Canada produce more medicine amid ongoing shortages? Trudeau isn't sure
OTTAWA - As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children's medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to...
Dec 21, 2022
Tolko contributes $10,000 to Meadow Lake's Door of Hope
Meadow Lake Outreach Ministries Inc. received a boost of support this holiday season with a donation from Tolko Industries Ltd. Tolko mills contributed $10,000 to benefit the Door of Hope project.Mead...
Dec 20, 2022
'Everyone needs some help': Prince Albert Grand Council provides food for families in need
Thanks to efforts of staff and volunteers at Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), many more local families will be able to enjoy a Christmas dinner this year.Over the course of two days, roughly 3,000 ...
Dec 20, 2022
BUH to experience some temporary disruptions over holiday period
People using the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) might notice a temporary disruption of some services over the holidays. The SHA responded in a statement to battlefordsNOW Tuesday that the Intensive ...
Dec 20, 2022
Quebec anticorruption squad kept busy this year investigating fake vaccine passports
QUEBEC - A new report from Quebec's anticorruption unit says its officers were kept busy this year chasing down hundreds of reports related to the production and use of fake COVID-19 vaccine passports...
Dec 20, 2022
Quebec premier 'more optimistic' on health-funding deal after meeting with Trudeau
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is "more optimistic" about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As pediatric ...
Dec 20, 2022
Melfort Christmas Castle supporting local food bank, fight against childhood cancer
The Christmas Castle in Melfort is getting locals in the holiday spirit, right before the Christmas weekend.The Christmas tree maze began earlier this month (Dec. 5), and will run nightly from 6-9 p.m...
Dec 19, 2022
P.A. & North Battleford seeing high levels of COVID in wastewater
COVID levels in Prince Albert and North Battleford are once again considered high.That's according to researchers with the University of Saskatchewan who're studying the virus through the communities'...
Dec 19, 2022