Tag Archives: Health
Ontario's top doctor 'strongly' recommends masks, Alberta premier says don't panic
TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health strongly recommended Monday that residents wear masks in indoor public settings to protect children from a "triple threat" of respiratory viruses, w...
Nov 14, 2022
Health Canada importing more kids' pain and fever meds to restock store shelves
TORONTO - A foreign supply of children's pain and fever medication should land on Canadian retail shelves in the coming weeks, Health Canada said Monday. The agency, which had previously announced it ...
Nov 14, 2022
BGC Battlefords annual gala fundraiser coming up
People will have an opportunity to show their support for local youth at the BGC Battlefords (Battlefords Boys and Girls Club Inc.) 22nd annual gala fundraiser planned on Thursday.Monday is the last d...
Nov 14, 2022
New Democrats call for independent review of government's COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - It's time for Canadians to find out how well the federal government handled COVID-19 with a public inquiry into Canada's pandemic response, the NDP says. With the final federal public-health ...
Nov 14, 2022
Slips and falls among 157 incidents this weekend says Parkland Ambulance
Parkland Ambulance was keeping busy this weekend. Paramedics were called out to 157 incidents over the weekend with some of the calls stemming from the same kind of issue. Parkland Ambulance reported ...
Nov 14, 2022
Children’s fever and pain relief medication still in short supply
Shortages of children's fever and pain relief medications are causing concerns across the province.Stephanie Yeboah, a pharmacist at Nanogram Pharmacy in Saskatoon, is well aware as she sees concerned...
Nov 13, 2022
Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s
VANCOUVER - Lily Lee's first contribution to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of Br...
Nov 11, 2022
Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several 'Havana Syndrome' claims
OTTAWA - Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The d...
Nov 11, 2022
RCMP warn of new type of fentanyl circulating in the Battlefords area
Battlefords RCMP is warning the public that a new type of fentanyl is now in the Battlefords area. Fentanyl is often mixed in with other illegal street drugs and can be deadly even in small quantities...
Nov 10, 2022
Children are 60% of flu cases with PA, Northeast highest in province
Children are getting a visit from the flu virus and most of them are across the central belt of Saskatchewan. Of all the 260 cases of flu in Saskatchewan, 60 per cent are in children ranging from newb...
Nov 10, 2022