Tag Archives: Health
Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report
OTTAWA - Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada's provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year - but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those def...
Jul 29, 2025
'Pierre's riding to lose': Candidates in Alberta byelection get together for debate
CAMROSE - Pierre Poilievre was greeted with cheers and applause by the hundreds of Albertans who showed up to watch a two-and-a-half-hour political debate on a sunny Tuesday evening in July. The Camro...
Jul 29, 2025
Elevated E-coli levels at Kipabiskau lead to swimming advisory
A local beach is reporting high E-coli levels in the water. Water samples have indicated an elevated level at Kipabiskau Beach at Kipabiskau Lake, just southeast of Melfort. The water status advisory ...
Jul 28, 2025
Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program
OTTAWA - Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could crea...
Jul 28, 2025
Motion in Nanaimo, B.C., to ask for closure of safe injection site deferred
City council in Nanaimo, B.C., has voted to defer a motion on asking the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site next to city hall. The vote to defer Coun. Ian Thorpe's motion pass...
Jul 28, 2025
Warnings issued for STARS Lottery, Carney investment scams in Saskatchewan
A recent rise in fraud cases in Saskatchewan has prompted a warning from two police services in the province and the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA).Both Regina Police ...
Jul 26, 2025
Melfort man helping to raise funds for STARS
A Melfort man is a little nervous, but also excited to be part of an upcoming STARS fundraiser. Ken Madraga, former owner of Melody Motors in Melfort, is taking part in the 'Rescue on the Prairie' in ...
Jul 25, 2025
Nurses group hopes premiers' new sense of unity will lead to labour mobility
OTTAWA - The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country. The ass...
Jul 25, 2025
Supreme Court affirms murder conviction of man who argued he was unfit for trial
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the murder conviction of a man who argued he was unfit to stand trial because he experienced auditory hallucinations and schizophrenic delusions through...
Jul 25, 2025
Psychiatrists testify in fitness hearing of man accused in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - Two forensic psychiatrists have concluded their testimony at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial. Ada...
Jul 24, 2025