Tag Archives: Health
Melfort optometrist resumes business amid first phase of Re-Open Sask. plan
A number of local businesses and services are once again open and available with the launch of Phase One of the government's Re-Open Saskatchewan plan on Monday.That includes previously restricted med...
May 06, 2020 The reception area at FYI Doctors in Melfort after their re-opening. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oilsands over COVID concerns
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of environmental monitoring requirements for oilsands companies over public-health concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. The deci...
May 06, 2020
Pharmacists receiving short shipments as drug shortage continues
OTTAWA - Ongoing drug shortages are leaving pharmacies across the country to adjust to short shipments on the fly, according to the Canadian Pharmacists Association. The association first warned of th...
May 06, 2020
Cargill employee's father dies; moment of silence at plant for worker who died
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A moment of silence to honour a worker who died of COVID-19 was held at a southern Alberta meat-packer Wednesday as news broke that the father of another plant ...
May 06, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: ...
May 06, 2020
'Some days I get very depressed:' seniors discuss isolation during the pandemic
Jackie Potter cannot stop thinking about her five dead children. The 60-year-old lives alone in Hamilton with nothing to do during the pandemic. So she thinks. St. Matthew's House, the seniors centre ...
May 06, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic hammers job market, but there are 'opportunities,' say analysts
VICTORIA - In the worst employment market in decades, job hunters need to prepare for what will inevitably be a video interview, say employers and job market experts who suggest there a...
May 06, 2020
Sombre event held at Muskeg Lake to honour MMIW
The fifth day of May marks the National Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and a number of events were held across the country including one at Muskeg Lake Cree Na...
May 05, 2020 The families who took part in Tuesday's special memorial walk for MMIW, made sure to respect social distancing. (Submitted photo/ Jordan Rekve)
Local dealership donates face shields to paramedics
Lakeland Ford in Prince Albert has donated 200 face shields to Parkland Ambulance paramedics as part of a national initiative by Ford Canada.Dealers around the country identified organizations they th...
May 05, 2020 Lyle Karasiuk with Parkland Ambulance Care and Scott Newsom, dealer principal at Lakeland Ford, Prince Albert. (submitted/Parkland Ambulance)
Virtual sittings have MPs doing things not allowed in House of Commons
OTTAWA - A stuffed deer head made a cameo appearance Tuesday during a virtual gathering of members of Parliament. The deer head, replete with antlers, was mounted on the wall behind Conserva...
May 05, 2020