Tag Archives: Health
N.W.T. reaches temporary agreement with union to address health worker shortages
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government and the union representing health-care workers in the territory have reached a temporary agreement aimed at addressing labour shortages. The territor...
Oct 05, 2022
End vaccination mandate at Canada-U.S. border, New York senator urges White House
WASHINGTON - A prominent New York senator is joining the ranks of American lawmakers who want the White House to end vaccination rules at the Canada-U.S. land border. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. ...
Oct 05, 2022
Fundraiser for mobile mammogram bus critical to patients in northern Saskatchewan
A new fundraiser has been launched to replace a bus that has helped more than 250,000 women across the province since 2002. The Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan is hoping to fundraise $2 million by M...
Oct 05, 2022
Food Bank in need of donations
The local food bank is in need of donations. Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) executive director Erin Katerynych said any contributions of non-perishable food items would be great...
Oct 05, 2022
Over $37K raised during first-ever Ride for Refuge
Dozens of people took to their bikes and shoes to raise funds for mental health services in Prince Albert.The first ever Ride for Refuge hit the city on October 1 with funds raised going to support Ca...
Oct 05, 2022
Federal government reveals plan to improve access to diabetes care across Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government has tabled a long-awaited plan in the House of Commons to improve access to diabetes treatment and prevention in Canada, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Wedn...
Oct 05, 2022
Construction for La Ronge long-term care project to start spring 2023
The Government of Saskatchewan has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to choose a contractor for the La Ronge Long-Term Care Centre (LTC) project. The successful proponent will be responsible f...
Oct 05, 2022
Decade-high suicide statistics in N.W.T. 'devastating': health minister
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories health minister says recent statistics indicating an increase in suicides in the territory are "devastating." N.W.T. chief coroner Garth Eggenberger released th...
Oct 04, 2022
P.A. fire department emphasizing importance of mental health for members
The hardest part of being an emergency worker is finding someone deceased.This very situation happened to members of Prince Albert's fire department this past Sunday after a woman's body was found in ...
Oct 04, 2022
B.C. breaking its own law on climate-change reporting, Sierra Club tells court
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is in court accusing the British Columbia government of failing to report if its climate plans will achieve key greenhouse gas emissions targets, as required by a pr...
Oct 04, 2022