Tag Archives: Health
'Complete change in our quality of life': Long COVID a burden for many Canadians
Every morning, Samantha Cover wakes up and braces for what the day will bring. For two years, the mother of four has been living with the post-COVID-19 condition known as long COVID, which has limited...
Mar 16, 2022
More Canadians opting for fertility treatment during pandemic: doctors, advocate
More women have undergone fertility treatment during the pandemic, especially if they've been working from home and haven't had to disclose their health challenges to an employer, says the head of a n...
Mar 16, 2022
New addiction treatment beds now in use at P.A. YWCA
Several new addiction treatment beds are now in use at the YWCA Our House in Prince Albert.In January, the province announced the new beds for Prince Albert along with dozens more for Saskatoon, Lloyd...
Mar 15, 2022
'Can't we have lives too?': High-risk Canadians feel forgotten as COVID rules lift
In early 2020, Bev Pausche felt like she may have a shot at a better life after two years of intensive treatment, including chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant, brought her lymphoma into remissi...
Mar 15, 2022
As new Omicron variant looms, White House urges Congress to restore COVID-19 funding
WASHINGTON - With inflation spiralling, gas prices soaring and the soil of Ukraine now sown with the seeds of another great-powers conflict, the White House issued a pointed reminder Tuesday about ano...
Mar 15, 2022
Students, festival organizers make masks a choice as Canada nears St. Patrick’s Day
OTTAWA - St. Patrick's Day celebrations are set to return this week, but festival organizers and student unions say people should party with caution. Canada's largest celebrations of the holiday were ...
Mar 15, 2022
Conservative leadership candidate says he tested positive for COVID-19
Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest has tested positive for COVID-19. Charest announced the news late Monday on Twitter, saying his symptoms are mild. He says his wife, Michele, has tested ...
Mar 14, 2022
Rally organizer fights $2,800 ticket
A woman who helped organize an anti-mandate rally last year outside Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench is fighting the $2,800 ticket she received.Rachel Lee Cochrane was fined for breaching the prov...
Mar 14, 2022
'The whole system falls apart': Nunavut group concerned about Ottawa care home
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A group representing Nunavut elders says a seniors home in Ottawa is failing Inuit who are sent there. In a March 7 letter to Nunavut Health Minister John Main, the Pairijait Tigumi...
Mar 14, 2022
Inmate's death could have been prevented, says close friend
Editor's note: this story was updated on March 16, 2022, to include a statement from family.A close friend of a man who died at Saskatchewan Penitentiary this week, says better supports are needed to ...
Mar 14, 2022