Tag Archives: Health
PAGC disappointed in Premier’s comments over vaccination rates in Indigenous communities
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and leaders from northern Saskatchewan say they're offended by recent comments made by Premier Scott Moe on low COVID-19 vaccination rates in Indigenous communit...
Sep 24, 2021
Pop up vaccination clinics coming up in Battlefords
A number of COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be available in the Battlefords area to meet the increased demand, with the province's vaccination requirements coming next month.The Saskatchewan Health ...
Sep 24, 2021
Glitch forces temporary removal of QR codes from vaccination records
Four days after being launched, QR codes temporarily are being removed from Saskatchewan residents' COVID-19 vaccination records due to privacy issues.The Government of Saskatchewan said Friday aftern...
Sep 24, 2021
P.A. hospital staff make uplifting video during COVID pandemic
Healthcare workers at Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital are trying to keep morale high in a unique way.They created a video last month, releasing it on Friday, which showed staff dancing around as the...
Sep 24, 2021
Province reports 528 new cases of COVID-19, 4,734 considered active
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 528 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths in the province.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (37), Far North East ...
Sep 24, 2021
New Brunswick reimposes state of emergency amid sudden surge in COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON - As New Brunswick reimposed a state of emergency Friday to deal with a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, a senior health official admitted the province was wrong to lift all health-protecti...
Sep 24, 2021
Residents of Saugeen First Nation given expired COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for weeks
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada gave residents of an Ontario First Nation 71 expired doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 between Aug. 9 and Sept. 15. According to a statement from the Saugeen...
Sep 24, 2021
School disruption, 'long COVID,' all factors in choice to vaccinate young kids: Tam
OTTAWA - When most parents decided to have kids, they probably thought some of their bigger parenting decisions would be about sleep-training, extracurricular activities or the right age to get a phon...
Sep 24, 2021
'People will suffer and will die': Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun
EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association, Dr. Paul Parks, says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta - an assertion disputed by the province. Th...
Sep 24, 2021
Effect of health-care slowdown worries SHA
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is in the middle of putting the brakes on most surgeries and services in the province to try to make enough room for COVID-19 patients today and in the near future.An...
Sep 24, 2021