Tag Archives: Health
Naicam and District Ambulance sells operations to Duck Mountain Ambulance Care
A local emergency medical services operation has been sold. Naicam and District Ambulance has announced the sale of its operation to Duck Mountain Ambulance Care Ltd. A news release from the Town of N...
Aug 05, 2025
Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease
A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the ...
Aug 04, 2025
As premiers push for more immigration power, experts call for a fact-based debate
OTTAWA - Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system - but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores ...
Aug 04, 2025
Allen Sapp Gallery's prairie garden blooms anew, blending culture and ecology
Under the summer sun in North Battleford, a patch of prairie sways with yellow coneflowers, blue grama grass and sweetgrass.The Allen Sapp Gallery's healing garden, first planted more than a decade ag...
Aug 02, 2025
Canada has its 1st case of West Nile this year. Here's what to know about the virus
TORONTO - Confirmation of the first human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year arrived just in time for the August long weekend. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Thursday that a...
Aug 02, 2025
Former Athabasca Health Authority CEO wins wrongful dismissal suit
A former chief executive officer of the Athabasca Health Authority (AHA) is awaiting payment from the organization after a successful wrongful dismissal lawsuit. Allan Adam was hired as the CEO of AHA...
Aug 01, 2025
Glencore accused of discharging copper concentrate dust at Horne smelter in Quebec
ROUYN-NORANDA - Glencore's Horne smelter in western Quebec is facing a charge under the province's environmental laws for allegedly releasing copper concentrate dust into the air in March 2023. Quebec...
Aug 01, 2025
First human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year confirmed
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says this year's first human case of West Nile virus acquired within the country has been confirmed in Toronto. The confirmation comes after Toronto Public...
Jul 31, 2025
Police chief disappointed at alleged drug deals from chair outside consumption site
VICTORIA - Victoria's police chief says undercover operatives didn't have to look far to find evidence of criminality outside a safe consumption site in the city. A suspected cocaine dealer was sellin...
Jul 31, 2025
Porcupine Carragana ER facing temporary closure dates
Another temporary service disruption for a local emergency room. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said the Porcupine Carragana Hospital emergency department will be closed for parts of three days. Th...
Jul 31, 2025