Tag Archives: Health
Midwest Food Resources offers access to local produce at reasonable cost
Families in West Central Saskatchewan can continue to access fresh produce over the winter close to home at a modest cost.Non-profit organization Midwest Food Resources provides its Fresh Food Box Pro...
Jan 28, 2021
244 new cases of COVID-19, 11 more deaths
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has reported 118 COVID-19 vaccines were given yesterday bringing the provincial total to 34,672 administered in the province. According to a media release, there are ...
Jan 28, 2021
Opioid deaths highlight need to decriminalize hard-drug possession, police chiefs say
TORONTO - The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In ur...
Jan 28, 2021
Prince Albert drug trafficker receives four-year jail sentence
A drug bust that netted over 400 grams of meth and cocaine, was described in court Thursday as putting a stop to a mid-level trafficking operation in Prince Albert.Tamara Smith, 25, received a four-ye...
Jan 28, 2021
Bell Let’s Talk Day encourages mental health conversation
Thursday is Bell Let's Talk Day across the country, and with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, having a conversation about mental health has perhaps never been more important.This marks the 11th year of ...
Jan 28, 2021
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocations to Canada already assuming six doses per vial
OTTAWA - Pfizer and BioNTech are already assuming Canada will agree their COVID-19 vaccine vials contain six doses instead of five and are using that to project how many vials they will send Canada in...
Jan 28, 2021
COVID-19 case at St. Mary School
Light of Christ Catholic School Division (LCCSD) has announced a positive case of COVID-19 in an individual at St. Mary School in North Battleford.Saskatchewan Health Authority officials informed the ...
Jan 28, 2021
SUN, SEIU-West ratify new contracts with SAHO
For the first time since the Saskatchewan Health Authority was formed in December of 2017, it has collective bargaining agreements in place with the unions that represent all of its employees.In a med...
Jan 28, 2021
Ontario adviser urges caution despite dip in COVID-19 cases, vaccine delays draw ire
A top science adviser says Ontario is far from in the clear despite a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, while some provinces criticized Ottawa for lower-than-expected vaccine shipments and the pandemi...
Jan 28, 2021
Liberal government to voice support for Joe Biden cancelling U.S. 'global gag rule'
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The federal government will voice its support later today when President Joe Biden rescinds the United States' so-called global gag rule. The policy prohibits international non-...
Jan 28, 2021