Tag Archives: Health
Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics
OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whi...
Aug 25, 2022
'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North. The N...
Aug 25, 2022
Group files constitutional challenge of ArriveCan app in Federal Court
OTTAWA - A constitutional rights group has launched a legal challenge of a federal requirement that travellers to Canada use the ArriveCan app. The action was filed in Federal Court by the Justice Cen...
Aug 24, 2022
Fin Island Trail Run set to go this Saturday
The Fin Island Trail Run will return to the Battlefords this Saturday. The 14th annual event will take place Aug. 27 at Finlayson Island.One of the organizers, Jes Kohut, said the free fun run is alwa...
Aug 24, 2022
Quebec health director says Omicron-targeted vaccine ready in 'less than two weeks'
MONTREAL - A bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicron variant, should be available for Quebecers in less than two weeks, public health...
Aug 24, 2022
Local festival raises $3K for Victoria Hospital Foundation
The Victoria Hospital Foundation will receive thousands of dollars thanks to a recent music festival in the area.The Sunset Country Music Festival, a fundraising concert series, was held near MacDowel...
Aug 24, 2022
First-of-its-kind portable x-rays helping people in remote northern Sask. communities
People in remote northern communities will no longer have to travel for hours to get a medical diagnosis.Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services (PBCNHS) has partnered with multiple companies to ...
Aug 23, 2022
Health minister appoints chief nursing officer to address health crisis
OTTAWA - The federal health minister appointed a new chief nursing officer Tuesday, as the government works to overcome a critical nurse shortage that has left many hospitals across the country strugg...
Aug 23, 2022
La Ronge Petroleum, local couple raise $100,000 for children's hospital foundation
Efforts from La Ronge Petroleum, as well as residents Denis and Lynda Renaud, have resulted in more than $100,000 in donations to the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCHF).The fundraiser...
Aug 22, 2022
Ontario, Maritimes premiers meet to talk health care but offer no details, solutions
MONCTON, N.B. - A "Team Canada" approach is needed to fix the country's health-care problems, the premiers of the Maritimes and Ontario said Monday, but they offered no specifics. Following a meeting ...
Aug 22, 2022