Tag Archives: Health

A new virtual care program is aiming to improve access to specialized pediatric care for critically ill children in Saskatchewan.The initiative uses Teladoc remote presence technology to connect healt...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is giving no sign that it intends to amend existing legislation on medical assistance in dying - something a UN committee called for earlier this spring. The federal minister responsib...

VICTORIA - Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto says she's "thrilled" councillors have signalled support for a plan to address declining social order caused by homelessness, addiction and a fraying health car...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is temporarily banning the transportation of some wild animal species in nearly 100 municipalities located close to areas where raccoon rabies has been detected. The b...

Health Canada has recalled a baby toothbrush sold in Dollarama stores across the country due to a possible choking hazard. The federal health agency says the Oracare Baby Brush toothbrush has a manufa...

Members of the Prince Albert Police Service were on scene of a sudden death near P.A.'s SaskPolytech campus on Saturday. Officers were called to the scene at around 8:10 a.m. by Parkland Ambulance aft...

FORT ST. JOHN - A health authority in northern British Columbia says measles is officially circulating in a remote community in the province's northeast. Northern Health says multiple lab-confirmed ca...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government announced Friday residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a late afternoon news release, the ...

Earlier this week, Rural and Remote Health Minister Lori Carr visited the City of Melfort as part of her Saskatchewan summer tour.Carr toured two of the local healthcare facilities and met with health...

The Porcupine Carragana Emergency Room will not be available for much of Friday. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said the ER will be closed from 4 p.m. to midnight.No reason was given for the closur...