Tag Archives: Health
Poll: Canadians still reluctant to hand out Halloween candy due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Many parents are planning to let their children go trick-or-treating this year - but a new poll suggests they may find fewer doors open than in pre-pandemic Halloweens. Some 93 per cent of re...
Oct 26, 2021
Lack of available hospital beds leaves Prince Albert area residents in 'limbo'
Stephanie Brad from Domremy has been waiting over a year and a half for a surgery that she fears now will never come.The full day operation, which involves the complete removal of her bladder, had bee...
Oct 25, 2021
COVID Rapid testing kits now available across northern Saskatchewan
Rapid testing kits for COVID-19 are finally available for the public across northern Saskatchewan.The provincial government previously stated they would be handing out over 1.3 million kits to differe...
Oct 25, 2021
Province reports 170 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 170 new cases of COVID-19 Monday and no new deaths.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are found in the Far North West (one), Far North East (15), North ...
Oct 25, 2021
Quebec coroner to hear from final witnesses in long-term care inquest
MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave is hearing from a handful of witnesses this week before it concludes. ...
Oct 25, 2021
UN urges Canada, allies to address unprecedented hunger in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - The United Nations is predicting dire hunger for more than half of Afghanistan's people in the coming months unless Canada and its Western allies step up with greater financial support. Monda...
Oct 25, 2021
Trudeau headed to Europe as G20 leaders meet in person for first time since pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to Europe later this week touting Canada's climate plan and post-pandemic recovery progress at leaders' summits in Italy and Scotland. Trudeau's six-da...
Oct 25, 2021
Incoming vaccinations will ‘definitely’ bring child case rates down: Shahab
Through the pandemic, about a third of cases in Saskatchewan have been in kids and teens, so as cases have gone up in Saskatchewan the last few months, so have cases in kids.However, those high number...
Oct 25, 2021
To our health!
A needle is NOT a good surprise!! ***We interrupt this week’s e-news for an important announcement… I’m going to say this right upfront, I believe in the COVID vaccine. I believe eve...
Oct 25, 2021
Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains in a bid Sunday to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal. Trudeau has long sou...
Oct 24, 2021