Tag Archives: Health
Climate Changed: Canada's health system isn't ready for new reality, say doctors
Montreal family doctor Claudel Ptrin-Desrosiers sees climate change as an all-encompassing "risk amplifier." She says it raises the potential for hazard across the board, from threatening the most bas...
Oct 30, 2022
Province helping accredit health workers living in Sask. to counter shortage
It's about to get easier for health-care workers from other countries to work in Saskatchewan.Premier Scott Moe said part of the work being done to address the physician and health-care worker shortag...
Oct 29, 2022
Feds take first step toward creating stand-alone insurance program for dental care
The Liberal government is moving toward providing dental-care insurance directly to qualifying Canadians, rather than working with provinces and territories to bolster existing coverage.That will invo...
Oct 28, 2022
Feds take first step toward creating stand-alone insurance program for dental care
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is moving toward providing dental-care insurance directly to qualifying Canadians, rather than working with provinces and territories to bolster existing coverage. That...
Oct 28, 2022
Federal dental care benefit gets go-ahead from House of Commons
OTTAWA - The Liberals dental-care benefit bill passed third reading Thursday in the House of Commons despite opposition from the Conservatives and Bloc Qubcois. The bill passed 172 to 138, with Conser...
Oct 27, 2022
‘Excited to see it continue’: The story of a graduate’s experience in Sturgeon Lake Health Center
In what's being called another step on the journey to reconciliation with First Nations peoples, a graduate from Saskatchewan Polytechnic is sharing her experience of working in a First Nations health...
Oct 26, 2022
Sask. Polytechnic and SHA proud of partnership to train healthcare cooks in P.A.
A partnership between the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Saskatchewan Polytechnic to train healthcare cooks has proven successful thus far.The Health Care Cook program helps train students in...
Oct 26, 2022
Appeal filed against Alberta Review Board ruling that Matthew de Grood still a risk
EDMONTON - A lawyer for a mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a Calgary house party is appealing a determination that he remains "a significant risk to public safety" and wants h...
Oct 25, 2022
Nipawin region seeks heliport
There's a push to get a heliport built at Nipawin's regional hospital to use as a spot for STARS helicopters to land and pick up critically injured patients.Mayor Rennie Harper said they've really see...
Oct 25, 2022
Soldier facing more charges after speaking out against military's vaccine requirement
OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier who has publicly spoken out against the forced removal of hundreds of unvaccinated Armed Forces members is facing more charges. Warrant Officer James Topp is now facing six...
Oct 25, 2022