Tag Archives: Health
New building houses 14 people with various levels of disabilities
Finding a house to call home in Prince Albert can be challenging. Finding an affordable house even more so and finding both when you have a disability might be close to impossible. For 14 city residen...
May 06, 2022
Public health agency trying to find out how many Canadians struggling with long COVID
OTTAWA - Federal agencies are trying to get a handle on how many Canadians may be suffering from long COVID as researchers learn more about the mysterious after-effects of the virus. The Public Health...
May 06, 2022
Operation needle pickup underway in Prince Albert
Armed with buckets and pairs of tongs, a small team is fanning out across Prince Albert this week, seeking out used, discarded needles.paNOW was invited on Thursday to join them as they made their way...
May 05, 2022
Province reports 766 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting the Omicron variant BA.2 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 making up 83 per cent of the variants of concern in this weeks epidemiology (epi) report.A littl...
May 05, 2022
Canadians’ trips to liquor stores, pharmacies tracked via phones during pandemic
OTTAWA - Canadians' movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report sent to a p...
May 05, 2022
Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec
VANCOUVER - Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occ...
May 05, 2022
Walks, art exhibits highlight CMHA's mental health week
May 2 to May 8 is Mental Health Week for branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association across the country, and that includes the one right here in Prince Albert."It's an opportunity to celebrate ...
May 04, 2022
Ethics committee says government must tell Canadians it's tracking their movements
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee says the federal government needs to tell Canadians if it's collecting data about their movements, and allow them to opt out of that collection. Those are some of...
May 04, 2022
Launch national pharmacare with free birth control, NDP pitches
OTTAWA - If the government wants to solidify reproductive rights in Canada, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suggests it start by launching pharmacare with a full slate of birth control options. Reproductive ...
May 04, 2022
Liberals promise to protect abortion access in Canada, but aren't clear yet on how
Liberal lawmakers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are vowing to defend access to legal abortions, but the issue's divergent and divisive history in each country guarantees they'll go about it ...
May 04, 2022