Tag Archives: Health
Comedian takes on mental health stigma with free shows in Meadow Lake and St. Walburg
Manitoba-based comedian Big Daddy Tazz is playing two free shows this week. One show is scheduled in Meadow Lake Wednesday, Nov. 2, and the second show in St. Walburg will happen Thursday, Nov. 3. The...
Nov 02, 2022
Hudson Bay doctor named 2022 Physician of the Year
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) recently named its 2022 Physician of the Year, with the award going to a local doctor.Dr. Pieter Maree, a physician at the Hudson Bay Primary Health Care Cli...
Nov 01, 2022
NDP, government, clash over maternal health care
The NDP and the provincial government sparred over maternal health care during Question Period in the Legislature on Tuesday. And the opposition used recent nursing shortages in Meadow Lake as an exam...
Nov 01, 2022
Alberta NDP says B.C. doctor deal a wake-up call to Smith to knock off pseudo-science
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says a proposed pay deal for B.C. doctors is a wake-up call to Premier Danielle Smith to knock off the pseudo-science and put down the wrecking ball aimed at...
Nov 01, 2022
Dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report by B.C. MLAs
VICTORIA - An all-party committee at British Columbia's legislature has released a report on drug toxicity and overdose deaths that calls for dozens of urgent steps from the province to address the de...
Nov 01, 2022
Quebec to open two nurse-run clinics in Montreal to ease emergency room crisis
MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister on Tuesday promised that his new three-point plan to ease emergency room overcrowding will show results in a few weeks, as ER doctors warned that the network has re...
Nov 01, 2022
Results of First Nation suicide study show need for improvement, offer hope for change
Chief Margaret Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation remembers sitting in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' previous building three years ago, filled with emotion and sharing much of the p...
Nov 01, 2022
Alcohol freezies handed out by mistake during Halloween event
The Resort Village of Candle Lake had to issue a warning Saturday evening after a small number of freezies containing alcohol were handed out at a community children's party earlier in the day. "Pleas...
Oct 31, 2022
New Montreal clinic will be part of Quebec network studying long COVID, Lyme disease
MONTREAL - A new clinic opened Monday in Montreal to treat patients and help researchers better understand two conditions with different origins but similar symptoms - long COVID and Lyme disease. The...
Oct 31, 2022
B.C. offers doctors new pay model, including $135,000 raise, to target health crisis
VANCOUVER - Family doctors in British Columbia have been offered a significant raise under the province's new compensation model as part of a plan to address the crisis in the health-care system. The ...
Oct 31, 2022