Tag Archives: Health

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

SHA releases phased Service Resumption Plan
Saskatchewan residents will see medical services reintroduced over a four phased plan.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will be initiating the gradual resumption of health care services starting...
May 05, 2020 Dr. Susan Shaw with SHA speaks during a video conference Tuesday.(Government of Saskatchewan/Facebook)

Americans trust Canadians more than they trust themselves, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents collectively have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves, a ...
May 05, 2020

Twenty new cases of COVID-19, 18 in Far North
There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan all in the northern part of the province.Eighteen of the new confirmed COVID-19 cases are in the Far North (La Loche area), with two in the North. On...
May 05, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)

A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...
May 05, 2020

Federal government earmarking $77M to keep food-processing industry safe
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe, but at least one union says the cash doesn't address the real problem....
May 05, 2020

Scientists concerned focus on COVID-19 disrupting regular health research funds
OTTAWA - Canada's health-research granting agency has postponed its usual funding competition due to COVID-19, sparking concern the lack of money could disrupt work on cures that aren't related to the...
May 05, 2020

Saskatoon sees a spike in drug overdoses
Paramedics with Medavie Health Services responded to twice the normal number of overdose calls last week.Since weekly reporting began in September of 2019, paramedics typically have responded to an av...
May 05, 2020 (650 CKOM)

National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...
May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)