Tag Archives: Health
Lloydminster launches new social needs campaign
Lloydminster's large-scale community needs assessment is back.Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Lloydminster is partnering with the Lloydminster Youth Council throughout the 2022 Lloyd Need...
Apr 12, 2022
Prime minister visits Edmonton, criticizes Alberta's response to opioid crisis
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government Tuesday for not addressing the opioid epidemic in ways that have proven to be effective elsewhere. "As a government, we've co...
Apr 12, 2022
As provinces ask people to manage COVID risks, experts say the public has less data
OTTAWA - At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, retired teacher Lois Armstrong said local health officials where she lives in Kingston, Ont., provided daily updates about outbreaks, cases and deat...
Apr 12, 2022
Manitoba slows a tax cut, offers some additional health-care spending
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is planning to move more slowly on a promised tax cut, reduce a handful of other levies and inject some money into a health-care system batter...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding as soon as po...
Apr 11, 2022
SGI asks you to be cautious as more cyclists hit the road
As the snow slowly disappears on roads in northern Saskatchewan, more cyclists will be out and about which can pose a risk to drivers and those on the bikes.In 2020, SGI reported 92 collisions involvi...
Apr 11, 2022
Three-week wait times for booked blood tests
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says that staff shortages are causing lengthy wait times for blood tests appointments.A concerned community member contacted paNOW last week, saying they had driven t...
Apr 11, 2022
Saskatchewan makes COVID booster shots available to more people
Saskatchewan has expanded its eligibility for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines.As of Monday, all people 70 and over and all residents of First Nations communities and the Northern Service Administrat...
Apr 11, 2022
Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the wo...
Apr 11, 2022
'Infection doesn't protect you': Getting COVID twice is more common as immunity wanes
REGINA - Christine Enns said she was shocked when a rapid test showed she had tested positive for COVID-19. Enns, who received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot, already had the virus i...
Apr 11, 2022