Tag Archives: Health
Traditional medicine sought as vaccine alternative in Far North
Athabasca Health Authority (AHA) CEO Allan Adam said some residents of the Saskatchewan's Far North are turning to traditional medicine to combat COVID-19.In an interview with larongeNOW, he was asked...
May 12, 2021
U.K. study says expect more reactions from mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines
Preliminary results of an ongoing study in the United Kingdom suggest alternating the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines causes more frequent mild to moderate symptoms, but there are no o...
May 12, 2021
BQ calls on Liberals to avoid pandemic election, despite voting non-confidence
OTTAWA - After repeatedly voting non-confidence in the minority Liberal government, the Bloc Quebecois is now calling on the government to do everything possible to avoid an election during the COVID-...
May 12, 2021
After buying original Snakebit, Broda is helping build its successor to fundraise for STARS
Seven years after winning the original Snakebit charity truck for $450,000, Gord Broda is a part of creating its successor to support the STARS Pegasus Project. Broda is on the Pegasus Project committ...
May 12, 2021
Vancouver mayor says there's no time for drug decriminalization redo
Vancouver's mayor says he understands that some drug users aren't happy with the city's proposed model for decriminalization but time is of the essence and the details can be worked out later. Kennedy...
May 12, 2021
183 new cases and two deaths reported in the province
The provincial government reported another 183 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan today, bringing the provincial total to 43,673 cases; 41,149 recoveries and 2,016 cases are considered ac...
May 12, 2021
Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada
Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as the federal government prepared to receive hundreds of thousands of doses while provinces limited use of th...
May 12, 2021
Nunavut wants Pfizer vaccine for teens; N.W.T. hopes to send kids back to class
Nunavut's chief public health officer says the government is working to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for teens but there is no timeline on when doses might arrive. Dr. Michael Patterson sa...
May 12, 2021
Moe again urges younger people to get COVID vaccines
Premier Scott Moe believes Saskatchewan's seniors have thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.Now he wants younger people in the province to pick it up."We're happy with the u...
May 12, 2021
P.A. restaurateur warns against anti-COVID measure 'callousness'
It may be 11,000 kilometres away but the desperately tragic COVID-19 situation in India is close to home for a Prince Albert man. Spice Trail restaurant owner Harry Rai, whose family hails from the no...
May 12, 2021