Tag Archives: Health
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
What it means if you're randomly selected at the airport for a COVID-19 test
OTTAWA - You've just returned from a fabulous trip abroad. You make it through Canadian customs, ready to get home and settle back into normal life, or at least the new normal you've established since...
Jul 20, 2022
More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister
VANCOUVER - Canada's minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs to reduce overdoses instead of fearing they wi...
Jul 20, 2022
Questions raised about value of random COVID-19 tests for travellers
OTTAWA - Infectious disease experts are at odds over how valuable it is to randomly test travellers arriving in Canada for COVID-19, as the federal government relaunched its mandatory testing program....
Jul 20, 2022
Quebec City residents asked to avoid five swamped ERs amid staff shortages
Quebec City residents were asked Tuesday to avoid unnecessary trips to five emergency rooms struggling with staff shortages and overcrowding. The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Qubec said that su...
Jul 19, 2022
Overall COVID levels drop in P.A. & North Battleford, levels for newest variant rising: study
Levels for the newest strain of COVID are up in Prince Albert, North Battleford, and Saskatoon.According to the University of Saskatchewan which continues to study the virus in each community, the Omi...
Jul 18, 2022