Tag Archives: Health
Shortage of epidurals catheters impacting Sask. hospitals
The shortage of catheters for epidurals is already impacting many Saskatchewan health centres, including the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert.Earlier this week, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SH...
Jul 22, 2022
Midwest Food Resources community garden project flourishing
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The third project for the Midwest Food Resources (MFR) community garden is coming in nicely since it was started last year. Executive director, Vesna Fa, said the weather has...
Jul 22, 2022
Midwest Food Resources community garden project flourishing
The third project for the Midwest Food Resources (MFR) community garden is coming in nicely since it was started last year. Executive director, Vesna Fa, said the weather has been ideal this summer, w...
Jul 22, 2022
'Protect the little ones:' Saskatchewan begins vaccinating young kids against COVID
REGINA - Randall Robins sighed with relief after her three-year-old daughter received her first COVID-19 shot. "It was good," Khloe Robinssaid to her mom before looking at stickers a nurse had just gi...
Jul 22, 2022
Dancer tells of excruciating pain, isolation and stigma of monkeypox infection
Peter Kelly was still bouncing back from COVID-19 when a case of monkeypox gave him the "worst pain" of his life. The 28-year-old Toronto resident had only just returned to work as a dancer and physic...
Jul 22, 2022
Province reports an increase in COVID-related activity in latest monthly report
The province is reporting an increase in COVID-19 statistics in Saskatchewan.This is according to the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Integrated Epidemiology Situation Report (EPI) for the reporting per...
Jul 21, 2022
N.W.T. to begin vaccinating children between six months and five years of age
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government says it plans to begin rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for young children next week. The territory says parents and guardians can book appointments for...
Jul 21, 2022
Lunch and Learn talk focuses on LGBT issues
Youth were able to learn little about LGBT issues in a positive space at this Week's Lunch and Learn event. The event is part of the Battlefords Family Health Centre's series of various talks for youn...
Jul 21, 2022
Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the dis...
Jul 21, 2022
Homeless population among those most affected by extreme heat
TORONTO - William Gaikezheyongai has lived outside long enough to know where to get water in times of extreme heat. He knows construction workers usually have water bottles in their vans, so he'll ask...
Jul 21, 2022