Tag Archives: Health
P.A. schools set to re-open Monday as more face shields come onstream
Schools in Prince Albert are set to resume in-class learning from Monday after the precautionary extended break taken before and after the Christmas holidays.And while there are no plans to change the...
Jan 12, 2021
Nunavut officials urge residents to get COVID vaccine, about 400 shots given so far
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut officials are urging residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as the vaccine starts to roll out across the territory. Chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, ...
Jan 12, 2021
‘Right now, it’s really scary:’ Outreach worker, chief coroner reflect on 2020 overdose crisis
Now that 2020 is in the rearview mirror, we're learning more about the deadliest overdose year on record in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Coroners Service provided an update Monday to the public, outl...
Jan 12, 2021
Province records 248 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths
As of January 12, a total of 9,880 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.On January 11, 903 of these doses were administered in the province with 210 in Prince Albert, 88 in...
Jan 12, 2021
Regulator investigating Canadian nurses who spoke at anti-lockdown rally in D.C.
TORONTO - Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body. One of them, w...
Jan 12, 2021
VHF receives $50,000 donation toward NICU expansion
The Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) has announced a significant donation they received toward its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the North campaign.According to a media release, the Northe...
Jan 12, 2021
Trudeau shuffles cabinet as Bains plans to retire from politics
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has conducted a small shuffle of his ministers before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament. The shu...
Jan 12, 2021
Announcement on COVID rules expected early this week
The most recent round of COVID restrictions are set to expire on Friday, but the health minister is expected to announce an update to restrictions early this week.Minister Paul Merriman said he's been...
Jan 11, 2021
More than half Manitoba's active COVID-19 cases are in First Nations population
WINNIPEG - Vaccine distribution has begun on a handful of Manitoba reserves as a task force reports that 61 per cent of the people with active COVID-19 in the province are First Nations.Manitoba's Fir...
Jan 11, 2021
Ontario surpasses 5,000 reported COVID-19 deaths as cabinet debates new restrictions
TORONTO - New restrictions to fight skyrocketing rates of COVID-19 were being considered by Ontario's cabinet Monday night, although a curfew was not one of them.The discussion took place as the provi...
Jan 11, 2021