Tag Archives: Health
Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency
Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 y...
Mar 14, 2025
Health groups urge shielding medical supplies, devices from counter-tariffs
TORONTO - Health associations are urging governments to ensure Canadian patients don't get caught in the crossfire of the ongoing trade war with the U.S. "The announced tariffs on Canadian exports, al...
Mar 13, 2025
'Meeting people where they’re at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue
Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that ...
Mar 13, 2025
Province opens emergency centre to deal with drug crisis
Hundreds of overdoses in Saskatoon have prompted the government to activate the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC). The Sask. Public Safety Agency, the City, and the Ministry of Health will...
Mar 12, 2025
$750,000 funding boost for emergency mobile crisis in Prince Albert and Melfort
A new agreement between the Mobile Crisis Unit Co-operative and the Province of Saskatchewan's Social Services Ministry is planned to help families who need emergency intervention. The service will in...
Mar 12, 2025
Dean of College of Medicine visits P.A. to weigh expansion opportunity
With the continual demand for more doctors and other health care practitioners in Saskatchewan, the head of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan was in Prince Albert to meet peopl...
Mar 11, 2025
B.C. takes advantage of U.S. 'chaos,' trade war to attract more doctors and nurses
The "chaos" in the United States provides an opportunity for British Columbia to recruit more American doctors and nurses, the province's health minister said as she announced changes aimed at fast-tr...
Mar 11, 2025
Opposition criticizes government after breast cancer patients cannot afford care
The NDP has released obtained emails which says patients are forgoing mammograms out of province due to the cost. "Saskatchewan women urgently needing diagnostic care like mammograms are being referre...
Mar 11, 2025
Measles exposure at Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre: public health
MONTREAL - Montreal public health officials say someone contagious with the measles virus who was not vaccinated attended an NHL game at the Bell Centre on March 3 between the Canadiens and the Buffal...
Mar 11, 2025
Doctors thrust into COVID-19 celebrity reflect on backlash, threats and thank you letters
TORONTO - When the COVID-19 pandemic hit five years ago, Canadian public health doctors, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists were thrust into national fame through daily televised brief...
Mar 11, 2025