Tag Archives: Health
B.C. has Canada's lowest financial support for seniors, says advocate
VICTORIA - A report by British Columbia's seniors advocate says the province ranks last in Canada in providing key financial support to elders, with 84 per cent of its low-income seniors sometimes run...
Sep 22, 2022
Military officer reprimanded, fined for anti-vaccine comments while wearing uniform
OTTAWA - A Canadian Armed Forces officer who publicly urged other military members to disobey orders and not help distribute COVID-19 vaccines was reprimanded and fined on Thursday after apologizing f...
Sep 22, 2022
Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary receives national award
The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association has awarded the Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary (HUGS) with the Green for Life Community award.Project designer Leslie Cornell received the nationally recogn...
Sep 22, 2022
How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out
OTTAWA - The federal government launched a long-awaited review on Thursday of how legalizing marijuana has affected the health of Canadians, the domestic cannabis industry and the black market. The Li...
Sep 22, 2022
City's homeless face uncertain winter as primary resource center closes for good
Missy Custer sits huddled with a group of others in a downtown Prince Albert alley. The few belongings the group has are kept in a small shopping cart.With temperatures dropping at night to near freez...
Sep 21, 2022
COVID levels in P.A. third largest recorded by U of S during pandemic
COVID levels in Prince Albert continue to rise according to the University of Saskatchewan.Researchers studying the virus through the community's wastewater claim the current viral load is the third l...
Sep 21, 2022
Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories
OTTAWA - The government was motivated to reconsider COVID-19 restrictions at Canada's border because of the growing popularity of new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, MPs from his caucus said Wed...
Sep 21, 2022
Escalation of war, nuclear threats show Putin 'failing and flailing,' says Trudeau
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's "flailing and failing" president Wednesday, joining a chorus of global outrage aimed at what he described as Vladimir Putin's panic-st...
Sep 21, 2022
Federal Liberal cabinet weighing whether to lift remaining COVID-19 travel measures
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal cabinet is considering whether to renew COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mandatory random testing for travellers. The current measures are set to expireon Sept. 30. A senior ...
Sep 20, 2022
Dental-care legislation among the first bills on the docket as Parliament resumes
OTTAWA - The federal government says it won't come calling if parents don't spend every cent of their dental-care dollars on their kids' teeth, but the Canada Revenue Agency will check in to make sure...
Sep 20, 2022