Tag Archives: Health
Feds couldn't keep up with Indigenous communities' demand for nurses, paramedics: AG
OTTAWA - The federal government was unable to meet more than half of the demands for nurses and paramedics from Indigenous communities and organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the auditor ...
May 26, 2021
151 new COVID-19 cases, 189 recoveries, one death reported today by provincial government
The province is reporting 151 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, 189 recoveries and one death. This brings the provincial total to 46,001 cases; 44,031 recoveries and 1,442 cases considered active...
May 26, 2021
Kenney eyes full capacity at CFL games this summer
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier is expressing hope for full capacity crowds at CFL games this summer. Jason Kenney says the Edmonton Football Team and Calgary Stampeders could sell as many seats as possi...
May 26, 2021
Echaquan inquiry: Quebec nurse testifies patient's condition needed more attention
MONTREAL - A veteran Quebec nurse told a coroner's inquest Wednesday he had raised concerns about the care Joyce Echaquan had received at the hospital before she died and how she had lacked supervisio...
May 26, 2021
Gov’t says most COVID patients in Sask. hospitals haven’t been vaccinated
There are more than 130 patients currently in Saskatchewan hospitals suffering from COVID-19, and Premier Scott Moe says the majority have not been vaccinated."We have 136 people in the hospital today...
May 26, 2021
Sask. has some AstraZeneca doses, is waiting to give out second shots
Premier Scott Moe is telling people not to worry if they got a first COVID-19 shot of AstraZeneca.The province currently has about 20,000 doses of those shots on hand now, and it's just waiting for an...
May 26, 2021
Half of Canadians have had one COVID-19 shot; Alberta sets ambitious reopening plan
TORONTO - More than half of all people in Canada have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, health authorities reported Wednesday, as Alberta charted an ambitious course to lift most pandem...
May 26, 2021
Local sports organizations eager to start playing again after getting provincial green light
Local minor sport leagues are excited to start playing games again after the Saskatchewan government added outdoor sports to step one of their Re-Opening Roadmap. This means as of Sunday, May 30, rest...
May 26, 2021
Save some compassion for yourself!
Your mental health is not a check-in-once-a-year-during-Mental-Health-Awareness-Month kind of thing, it’s an all-the-time-pay-attention-to-yourself kind of thing. In the video above I ...
May 26, 2021
Survey shows 52% of Canadians feel anxious about return to 'normal' after COVID-19
OTTAWA - More than half of Canadians feel somewhat anxious about going back to the way life was before it was turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey shows. Leger asked the question ...
May 26, 2021