Tag Archives: Health
'It's very dangerous': NDP leader calls for more support for Prince Albert's healthcare system
Saskatchewan's Opposition leader said Prince Albert's healthcare system is buckling under the pressure of the fourth wave of COVID-19.NDP Leader Ryan Meili was in the city Thursday meeting with health...
Sep 23, 2021
Sad reality: Alberta top doc says COVID deaths keeping hospitals from being overrun
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's health system says the COVID-19 hospital crisis has become so dire, a key reason the system hasn't collapsed is because patients are dying. "Each day we see a new high...
Sep 23, 2021
Premiers urge Trudeau to meet with them ASAP on health-care funding
CHILLIWACK - Canada's premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with them at his earliest opportunity to discuss long-term, predictable funding for health care. Premiers from all the p...
Sep 23, 2021
Prince Albert's poverty problem: is there an answer?
During Thursday's Board of Police Commissioners meeting, amidst discussion of the need to address the root causes that are driving up the city's crime rate, the executive director of the Indian Metis ...
Sep 23, 2021
Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are demanding a meeting with the newly re-elected prime minister to ask for more money - no strings attached - to pump into their health-care systems. The provincial and ter...
Sep 23, 2021
Tech expert tries to ease concerns about QR codes for proving vax status
A Canadian tech expert says people shouldn't have any fears about their personal information in a bar code.Starting Oct. 1, Saskatchewan is moving to a QR code system to show proof of a COVID-19 vacci...
Sep 23, 2021
Province reports 460 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 460 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are found in the Far North West (eight), Far North Central (five), Far North East ...
Sep 23, 2021
Feds need to put more cash into long-term care to legislate safety: experts
OTTAWA - Experts warn the Liberals' promise to legislate safety in long-term care will have to come with more money if new national care standards are going to fix what's broken in the system. The COV...
Sep 23, 2021
‘Under a crunch’: Hospitality industry prepares for vaccine passports
With less than a week to go until the vaccine passport system goes into effect throughout Saskatchewan, the hospitality industry is still trying to figure out how it will work.Hospitality Saskatchewan...
Sep 23, 2021
Canada needs to share more COVID-19 surpluses with world, says UN envoy Bob Rae
OTTAWA - Canada's envoy to the United Nations says Canada needs to share more of its COVID-19 vaccine surpluses with less fortunate countries. Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the UN, told The Canadian...
Sep 23, 2021