Tag Archives: Health
Nipawin Oasis Centre proposes temporary shelter expansion for cold months
The Nipawin Oasis Centre is hoping to expand their winter shelter capabilities. They have reached out to the Town of Nipawin asking to bring in a seasonal shelter, with "two insulated camp-style trail...
May 21, 2025
‘It’s devastating’: ALS Society of Saskatchewan two years away from running out of funding
Terry Loustel was diagnosed with ALS in 2022. Since then, he's gone from walking with a cane to needing a wheelchair and numerous expensive accessibility modifications to his home.Loustel has had to r...
May 19, 2025
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here...
May 19, 2025
Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about a tiny, seven-pound black bear cub that had been rescued with burns to her paws, nose and lips from a forest...
May 17, 2025
Measles cases up to 37, with 95 per cent unvaccinated, says Sask. top doctor
Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said the province is seeing new measles cases daily.As of Wednesday, there have been 37 confirmed cases between March 14 and May 14.Shahab told me...
May 16, 2025
Patients in Quebec's Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province's Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community. The Health Department says two patients...
May 16, 2025
N.S. health minister admits 'growing pains' with new free-parking policy at hospitals
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has become the latest province to discover that offering free parking at hospitals can become a hot-button issue. At the big hospitals in Halifax, tensions are growing as unautho...
May 16, 2025
Hundreds gather for Moose Hide walks in Nipawin, Melfort
A walk to raise awareness in the fight to end violence. Moose Hide Campaign Awareness Walks were held in Nipawin and Melfort on Thursday. The events were organized by North East Outreach and Support S...
May 16, 2025
Candle Lake doctor takes role as interim chief medical officer for province
After 25 years of practicing medicine in Melfort, Dr. Jordan Wingate decided to move to Candle Lake and open a part time practice there but has now added another job to his workload. Wingate was recen...
May 16, 2025
Prince Albert participates in Moose Hide Campaign
Donning bright pink shirts, over two dozen women, children and men walked from Prince Albert's riverbank to Kinsmen Park.Thursday's Moose Hide Campaign event marked one of many happening across the co...
May 15, 2025