Tag Archives: Health
Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds
TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...
Jul 07, 2020
Charities battered by COVID-19 say federal support desperately needed
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is facing increasingly desperate pleas for assistance from Canadian charities and non-profit groups as some of the country's best-known and largest organiz...
Jul 07, 2020
Meals on Wheels looking for more volunteers for Battlefords and ML
Those will a little free time in the day and a desire to help others might be interested in this opportunity.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is currently looking for more volunteers for the Ba...
Jul 07, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, July 7
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:37 p.m. on July 7, 2020: There are 106,167 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,997 confirmed (including 5,590 deaths, 25,458 resolv...
Jul 07, 2020
Local bar responds to return of VLTs
Video Lottery Terminals are back online in Saskatchewan.The provincial government announced the machines would start running again as of Monday at a press conference last week. The province shut down ...
Jul 06, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 06, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 06, 2020
Overdose deaths increase by 93 per cent among B.C.'s First Nations
VANCOUVER - The First Nations Health Authority says 89 members of its community fatally overdosed from illicit drugs across British Columbia between January and May, an increase of 93 p...
Jul 06, 2020
N.L. officials warn of potential fines in response to crowded bar photos
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Public health officials are warning of potential fines for skirting public health orders as images from a St. John's bar overflowing with patrons on the weekend draw criticism ...
Jul 06, 2020
Nine new cases of COVID-19; 59 cases active province-wide
There are nine new cases of COVID-19 and 21 more recoveries in the province.According to a media release, there are 805 total cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. This includes two new cases reported on...
Jul 06, 2020