Tag Archives: Health
Dr. Bayda recipient of SMA's Physician Leader of the Year award
La Ronge's Dr. Michael Bayda is the recipient of the 2021 Physician Leader of the Year award from the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA).It was announced during the SMA's Fall Representative Assem...
Nov 09, 2021
Participants needed for information session about dogs
Tri-community residents are invited to attend a research session on Nov. 24 regarding dogs in the area. It's part of the La Ronge Regional Animal Research and Advisory Circle and is composed of facult...
Nov 09, 2021
Bolivia calls on Canada to waive patent and export COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is facing mounting pressure to waive the patent on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to allow a Canadian manufacturer to export a low-cost version to Bolivia....
Nov 09, 2021
Double digit day for new cases in the province, first since Aug. 16
As of Nov. 9 there are 86 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 60 who were unvaccinated with 28 being between 0-11.This is the lowest daily total since Aug. 10, 2021 and the first day we've reported less ...
Nov 09, 2021
Sask. hopes to soon resume some cancelled health services, including organ donation
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has released a plan that will include the resumption of a variety of health services that were paused across the province as healthcare workers were redeployed to hel...
Nov 09, 2021
Health Canada approves Pfizer booster for 18+ age group
Health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer's Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for booster shots for everyone 18 and over.The boosters are to be given at least six months after a person received their seco...
Nov 09, 2021
More work to be done as Canada ranks sixth in global drug policy index: experts
CALGARY - Canada ranks sixth in the world's first drug policy index, but experts say its passing grade is nothing to be proud of as status quo policies are doing little to curb thousands of deaths yea...
Nov 09, 2021
Sask. woman in dire need of kidney blames government for surgery suspension
Jessica Bailey was getting ready to get her life-saving kidney transplant this past summer.She and her donor had gone through a year of testing and some unfortunate setbacks, but they had the green li...
Nov 09, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech gets approval for COVID-19 booster vaccine in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, though third doses have already been given to high-risk people across the country. Th...
Nov 09, 2021
O'Toole reveals his shadow cabinet, former leadership rival Leslyn Lewis not included
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole returned Pierre Poilievre to his old job as finance critic, but left former leadership rival Leslyn Lewis off the Opposition's front bench as he released the ...
Nov 09, 2021