Tag Archives: Health
As UN confronts 'cascade of crises,' Trudeau focused on global growth, food security
UNITED NATIONS - In a time of crisis, the planet is gridlocked by "colossal global dysfunction," the head of the United Nations said Tuesday as he urged leaders to come together in a collective effort...
Sep 20, 2022
Expert flags potential for dental-care clawbacks as result of federal program
OTTAWA - A University of Calgary economist warns a new federal dental benefit for children could open families up to the potential for "clawbacks" if they don't spend all the money on their kids' teet...
Sep 19, 2022
Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine available at walk-in clinic in North Battleford
A COVID-19 vaccine walk-in clinic is being held at the Frontier Centre in North Battleford today. This is the first day the Moderna bivalent booster dose will be available in Saskatchewan. Last week, ...
Sep 19, 2022
Prince Albert police and fire join forces to arrest hunger
A police vehicle, loaded with bags of food, and other supplies for the city's less fortunate, made its way to the Prince Albert Food Bank on Friday.It was made possible through a four hour event aptly...
Sep 17, 2022
NDP won't bend any further on federal dental-care plan, Singh warns
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party was willing to be flexible on the first phase of the Liberal government's dental-care plan, but in future the New Democrats will bend no further. The g...
Sep 17, 2022
Calls grow to streamline licensing for doctors as health-care systems struggle
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As Canadian health-care systems buckle under the weight of doctor shortages, the past president of the Canadian Medical Association is calling for a national licensing pathway for d...
Sep 16, 2022
Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop New Test
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Scientists have developed the first-ever skin swab test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease in only three minutes, and it's thanks to a woman with a grea...
Sep 16, 2022
COVID cases, hospitalizations increased in Sask. in past month
COVID-19 cases are climbing in Saskatchewan.In an epidemiological report for the period from Aug. 14 to last Saturday, the Saskatchewan government said the test positivity rate for the province stood ...
Sep 15, 2022
More comprehensive services required to curb B.C. drug deaths, doctor says
VANCOUVER - Maria Rantanen did everything she could to stop her son from fatally overdosing, but it wasn't enough. Michael Rantanen died on July 15. He was 25 years old. He was one of the 192 drug-rel...
Sep 15, 2022
'Wild West': Audit on veterans' medical cannabis sparks calls for oversight, research
OTTAWA - Mental-health providers and others are reacting with shock and concern after an internal government audit uncovered significant problems with Ottawa's administration of hundreds of millions o...
Sep 15, 2022