Tag Archives: Health
Quebec invests $15 million to improve cultural security of Indigenous patients
MONTREAL - Quebec is investing $15 million into the province's health-care system to increase cultural security among First Nations and Inuit communities. The concept of cultural security refers to a ...
Nov 06, 2020
Trudeau says first COVID-19 vaccines will face distribution hurdles in the new year
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some COVID-19 vaccine candidates expected in the new year will pose significant logistical and distribution challenges. Trudeau says he hopes a viable vaccine will b...
Nov 06, 2020
'It's a confirmed positive:' Nunavut records first case of COVID-19
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut, the last province or territory in Canada to remain officially free of COVID-19, has recorded its first case. Chief public health officer Michael Patterson confirmed an infe...
Nov 06, 2020
P.A. child care facility closed due to COVID-19 case
A COVID-19 case at a Prince Albert child care facility has forced its closure until further notice.The Early Learning Centre at Hopes Home received confirmation on Tuesday, Nov. 3 of a positive case a...
Nov 06, 2020
Disabled veterans struggle with COVID-19 as Canada prepares to mark Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - Canadians from coast to coast to coast will mark Remembrance Day on Wednesday, once again taking a moment to honour and remember those who offered up their lives to defend Canada, its values ...
Nov 06, 2020
Festival of Trees to move online this Christmas
Few seasonal celebrations have become synonymous with Christmas time in Meadow Lake, like the annual Festival of Trees Fundraiser.Hosted by the Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation, the Festival of Trees s...
Nov 06, 2020
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon raises over $640,000
At the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon residents from all over the province helped raise just over $640,000 for the first hemodialysis unit for children in Saskatchewan.According to a media...
Nov 05, 2020
Outbreak at Stanley Mission Health Centre declared over
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in Stanley Mission Health Centre over.The outbreak was originally declared on Oct. 9 and lasted nearly a month.Acc...
Nov 05, 2020
Infectious disease expert says human case of rare swine flu likely a one-off
EDMONTON - An infectious disease expert at the University of Alberta says it's shocking to hear about Canada's first human case of a rare swine flu variant, but she expects it's likely a one-off. Dr. ...
Nov 05, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposures in Sask. communities including Meadow Lake
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses in three communities.Those who were at these locations on the listed days and ti...
Nov 05, 2020