Tag Archives: Health
‘We are really nervous’: Experts weigh in on Saskatchewan’s fourth wave
With Saskatchewan reporting the most COVID-19 cases we have seen since the start of the pandemic, more experts around the province are sounding the alarm.Dr. Alex Wong, an infectious disease physician...
Sep 15, 2021
'The end of years of struggles': Decades-old water advisory lifted for First Nation
SHOAL LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA - Angelina McLeod spent most of her life in Shoal Lake 40 First Nation watching her uncles and her father, Alfred Redsky, a former chief, fight for clean drinking water and...
Sep 15, 2021
NDP demands measures to protect health-care workers from harassment, intimidation
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the provincial government to bar protests outside health-care facilities including hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.At a news conference outside the Regina General ...
Sep 14, 2021
SHA giving priority to COVID tests for people with symptoms
People looking to get a negative COVID-19 test in a hurry from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) may be out of luck.The Ministry of Health and the SHA announced Tuesday that testing will be prio...
Sep 14, 2021
More than 150,000 people in Canada experience 'long COVID' symptoms: report
TORONTO - More research is needed to understand the so-called "long COVID" condition and the burden it poses on the health-care system, a science advisory group said in a report Tuesday. The Ontario C...
Sep 14, 2021
Alberta's 'Open For Summer' plan was premature: chief medical officer of health
Alberta's top doctor says the province's "Open For Summer" plan set the trajectory for a crushing fourth wave of COVID-19, which her predecessor warns is leading to an "acute care system breakdown." C...
Sep 14, 2021
Province reports 506 new cases of COVID-19 setting new daily case record
After the province recorded the most COVID-19 cases in one day during yesterday's update, the government is reporting another 506 new cases setting a new record for the most COVID-19 cases in one day ...
Sep 14, 2021
BUH Foundation celebrates 25th year of Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament
The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation held their 25th annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament Monday at North Battleford Golf and Country Club. The day marked the first time in two years the ...
Sep 14, 2021
Coroner probing Quebec elder care deaths during pandemic says workers deserve respect
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner investigating the deaths at elder care homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic assured health workers they were not at fault and deserve respect for the work...
Sep 14, 2021
Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million...
Sep 14, 2021