Tag Archives: Health
Zion Lutheran Church starting community garden project
Zion Lutheran Church in North Battleford is creating a community garden project at its property on 15th Avenue near Winder Crescent.The initiative is a partnership with Battlefords Family Health Centr...
Sep 13, 2021
Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears
MONTREAL - A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest on Monday that a Montreal-area long-term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equipmen...
Sep 13, 2021
Parkland Ambulance responds to 120 weekend incidents
It was a busy weekend for Parkland Ambulance paramedics. By noon on Sunday, they had responded to 120 calls for service including a few accidents that led to significant injury.On Saturday night aroun...
Sep 13, 2021
'It's terrifying': Police on hand as pandemic protesters picket hospitals
TORONTO - Two police officers escorted Faye Doiron and Randy Longaphie as they left Toronto General Hospital on Monday, helping the pair make their way through a crowd of protesters denouncing pandemi...
Sep 13, 2021
Singh and Trudeau promise to crack down on demonstrations outside hospitals
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrat...
Sep 13, 2021
Sask. reports 420 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, three new deaths
The province has confirmed another 420 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 58,715 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (seven), Far North East (28), No...
Sep 12, 2021
Updated: SHA identifies eight COVID-19 cases in six PACSD schools
UPDATE: Late Sunday afternoon, the Prince Albert Catholic School Division reported three additional COVID-19 cases had been confirmed at three schools - cole St. Mary High School, St. Francis School, ...
Sep 12, 2021
B.C. groups concerned over lack of compromise in COVID-19 vaccine card plan
VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia community organizations wants changes to the province's COVID-19 vaccine card, saying it fails to account for the needs of people who face legitimate barriers t...
Sep 12, 2021
Fond-Du-Lac sees a 500 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases
The Athabasca Health Authority is reporting a 500 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases since Aug. 27 in Fond-Du-Lac. On Aug. 31 the cases in Fond-Du-Lac were only at four total and have been rising by ...
Sep 10, 2021
COVID-19 cases on the rise, northeast no exception
The fourth wave of COVID-19 cases is taking its toll on hospitals around Saskatchewan.Public Health Officer for the Northeast Dr. Mohammad Kahn told northeastNOW people have become complacent causing ...
Sep 10, 2021