Health

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...

The Canadian Press 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

Humboldt EMS and firefighters respond to carbon monoxide alarms at apartment complex

A total of 25 residents at an apartment complex in Humboldt dealt with a bit of a scare, in the early evening of Tuesday, Jan. 10.Originally, the Humboldt Fire Department's fire chief and deputy fire ...

Jan 12, 2023

Prince Albert woman raises over $20K for local daycare, sets all sights on Kilimanjaro

Before climbing one of the world's highest mountains this month, Prince Albert's Bernadette Lavoie has already accomplished a major feat.Within less than three months, she managed to raise over $22,00...

Jan 10, 2023

New long-term care facility in La Ronge will require 137 additional staff

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will need to hire 145 additional staff in La Ronge by the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year."The additional staff were primarily for the new long-term care facilit...

Jan 10, 2023

SHA announces new paramedic treatment and referral pilot project

To ease pressure on emergency rooms in Saskatchewan, paramedics will soon consult a physician virtually to determine whether a patient can be released or referred for further care as part of a pilot p...

Jan 10, 2023

City approves Midwest Food Resources extended lease

Midwest Food Resources was granted a new 10-year lease from the City of North Battleford during Monday's council meeting for its three community garden plots on Gagne Ave. Executive director Vesna Fa ...

Jan 10, 2023