Tag Archives: Health
NB resident concerned about shortage of family doctors
A North Battleford woman is upset after not being able to access a doctor at a local clinic she has been going to for many years with her healthcare needs. Amy Williams said after her longtime physici...
Aug 16, 2022
Quebec junior college students have 'reduced ability to study' post-COVID: union head
MONTREAL - As post-secondary students prepare to return to class in the coming weeks, experts are worried about the impact of more than two years of pandemic-related disruptions on their ability to su...
Aug 16, 2022
B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016, chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says. Lapointe said the pr...
Aug 16, 2022
Stanley Mission wellness walkers complete sixth annual awareness trek
Stanley Mission resident, Sally Ratt, says the emotions she felt during a suicide awareness walk from Prince Albert to Stanley Mission were unexplainable. Ratt began participating in the walk in 2017,...
Aug 15, 2022
Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels five times norm
MONTREAL - A copper smelter in northwest Quebec will be permitted to release 15 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air - five times the provincial norm - Quebec's environment minister said Monday...
Aug 15, 2022
COVID levels considered large in P.A. and North Battleford: study
COVID levels are much higher in Prince Albert and Saskatoon than they were for the past few months. According to researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, who continue to study wastewater in the ...
Aug 15, 2022
Quebec starts offering fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care residents
MONTREAL - Quebec on Monday started offering fifth doses of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences. The Health Department said it launched the new vaccine...
Aug 15, 2022
Canadian Blood Services in talks around paid donations of plasma as supply dwindles
Canadian Blood Services is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. The blood-collection agency issued a statement on Friday saying it is in "ongoing d...
Aug 13, 2022
Saskatchewan alerts public about elevated risk of Monkeypox
Health officials are raising concerns about Monkeypox in Saskatchewan after new information related to recent cases."The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public to the elevated risk...
Aug 13, 2022
International partners had concern about Canada's 'ability to handle' convoy protests
OTTAWA - Two days before the Emergencies Act was invoked last February to quell anti-government convoy protests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned cabinet ministers that international partners were...
Aug 12, 2022