Tag Archives: Health
Harm reduction advocate hopes to bring safe injection site to P.A.
A woman with roots in Prince Albert hopes to return to the city to set up a harm reduction centre that would include a safe injection site. The idea is still very much in its infancy and there are pla...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor 'thankful' as court ruling upholds public health orders
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says she is thankful a petition challenging her COVID-19 orders in B.C. Supreme Court has been dismissed. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a...
Mar 19, 2021
Province reports 174 new cases of COVID-19, 108 recoveries
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 174 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths in the province.Vaccines ReportedAn additional 6,867 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, b...
Mar 19, 2021
Merriman: Changes to appointment eligibility, vaccination locations coming soon
Less than a day after Saskatchewan started Phase 2 of its vaccination program, Health Minister Paul Merriman is hinting at more changes in the coming days.Merriman joined Gormley on Friday for an upda...
Mar 19, 2021
'This is home': New AHA CEO no stranger to Saskatchewan's Far North
For four decades Allan Adam lived away from his homeland of Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation, but he has returned to take on the role of CEO of the Athabasca Health Authority (AHA)."I'm glad to be ...
Mar 19, 2021
Variants threatening our progress in containing spread of COVID-19 with vaccines: Tam
Canada's top doctor says there's concern that an increase in more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus may be threatening the country's progress in containing the spread of infections. And whi...
Mar 19, 2021
Doctors say getting COVID-19 poses much bigger risk of blood clots
OTTAWA - The national advocacy group for patients with blood-clot disorders says there is a greater risk of getting blood clots from COVID-19 than there is from the vaccine. Thrombosis Canada issued a...
Mar 19, 2021
Emotional video series raises awareness for first responders retreat project
While fundraising efforts continue for the River Valley Resilience Retreat, the people behind the project are hoping an emotional series of videos will help spread awareness for the cause.Apollo Multi...
Mar 19, 2021
No link between colonialism and vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous people: expert
OTTAWA - There is no evidence that Canada's history of colonialism has made Indigenous people any more hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than the general population, says an Indigenous studi...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID-19 rules, lawyer says
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judg...
Mar 18, 2021