Tag Archives: Health
Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use
VANCOUVER - Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in Britis...
Feb 19, 2022
Sturgeon Lake First Nation creating cultural birthing centre, aiming to recruit midwives
Sturgeon Lake First Nation is in the process of creating a first-of-its-kind birthing centre.They're one of three Indigenous communities in Canada currently taking part in a demonstration project aime...
Feb 18, 2022
Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT - Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern Canada. Nunavu...
Feb 18, 2022
Province’s top doctor says drop in test positivity is good sign
Saskatchewan's weekly COVID-19 numbers showed a record number of hospitalizations but also a big drop in test positivity rate.Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province's chief medical health officer, told 650 CK...
Feb 18, 2022
Top doctor says Canada is past peak of Omicron-fuelled wave of COVID-19
The country's top doctor says Canada is past the peak of the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant and is ready to move out of a crisis response. "We are hopeful we are approaching a period of r...
Feb 18, 2022
Police arrest at least 100 in sweeping operation to dismantle Ottawa protest
OTTAWA - Police officers descended on anti-government protesters in Ottawa on Friday, arresting at least 100 people and towing more than 20 vehicles in a push to end a three-week occupation that has r...
Feb 18, 2022
Saulteaux FN gifts family with wheelchair accessible home
A Saulteaux First Nation family with a special needs child are thrilled after being gifted with a wheelchair-accessible home during a House Reveal celebration Wednesday.Mitchell White, 11, is living w...
Feb 17, 2022
Province expands supports for families impacted by domestic violence
The provincial government is taking a preventative approach to domestic violence, investing over a million dollars, over the next three years to support the expansion of the Family Intervention Rapid ...
Feb 17, 2022
Health Canada gives its OK to Novavax’s COVID vaccine
Health Canada has approved a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country.Novavax's Nuvaxovid vaccine joins those from AstraZeneca, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Moderna and Pfizer on the list of ...
Feb 17, 2022
Province reports 2,522 new cases of COVID-19 in weekly report
The Government of Saskatchewan has released its second weekly epidemiological report, which is a deeper analysis into COVID-19 in the province.This report features data from Sunday, Feb. 6 to Saturday...
Feb 17, 2022