Tag Archives: Health

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

SHA reports two more positive COVID-19 cases at PACSD schools
UPDATE: On Tuesday afternoon, the SHA reported three more cases in PACSD at cole St. Mary High School, cole Holy Cross and cole St. Anne School.-- The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said two new ...
Sep 14, 2021

'Blatant attack': Panel of UN experts assails 'regressive' Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON - A "regressive" abortion ban in Texas has left the United States in violation of international law, and the Supreme Court - the ultimate guardian of the landmark 1973 ruling that makes it ...
Sep 14, 2021

Yellowknife schools ordered to close for 10 days as COVID-19 cases grow in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - The top doctor in the Northwest Territories has closed all schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas after a spike in COVID-19 cases. Schools closed Tuesday - two weeks after students...
Sep 14, 2021