Tag Archives: Health
Sturgeon Lake high school student helps warm Prince Albert's homeless
A Grade 12 student at Sturgeon Lake Central School is embodying the Christmas spirit.Paris Joseyounen was among a number of students brought into Prince Albert on Monday to get props for their Christm...
Dec 20, 2023
'Turned us away': Pregnant women in Meadow Lake face uncertainty over Christmas
This Christmas season, expectant mothers in Meadow Lake are finding themselves in a situation remarkably similar to a story with origins that date back 2,000 years. In this modern version of the tale,...
Dec 19, 2023
‘He’s a hero’: P.A. man uses CPR to save life of unconscious driver in Wal-Mart parking lot
At a time when people are looking for a Christmas miracle, one occurred Saturday afternoon in Prince Albert's Wal-Mart parking lot.Austin Baldwin is being hailed a hero, after rushing to the aid of a ...
Dec 17, 2023
Concern rises over number of Canadian seniors going lost or missing due to dementia
The number of older people reported missing in Canada is raising an alarm bell for advocates, who warn the problem will only get worse as the population ages and more people are diagnosed with dementi...
Dec 16, 2023
P.A. man calls out Sask. healthcare system after wife dies from toe infection
A Prince Albert man believes an overwhelmed provincial healthcare system is to blame for his wife's death.Elaine Gassner passed away on Nov. 5 after spending nearly the last six months of her life in ...
Dec 13, 2023
Seniors over 87 can apply to join federal dental plan starting next week
The federal government hopes to avoid gumming up the works of its new dental-insurance plan by gradually phasing in enrolment over the course of the next year, Health Minister Mark Holland said Monday...
Dec 11, 2023
Federal government to announce details of dental insurance plan
Several government ministers are expected to launch today a new federal dental insurance plan that will provide benefits directly to eligible Canadian residents, though the first claims won't be proce...
Dec 11, 2023
Fields of anxiety: Overcoming stigma to address mental health struggles of farmers
Christi Friesen remembers her husband saying he knew that the cloud of depression over her was finally lifting when he saw her smile at the end of the gruelling 2016 harvest season.That October had be...
Dec 09, 2023
Fields of anxiety: Overcoming stigma to address mental health struggles of farmers
Christi Friesen remembers her husband saying he knew that the cloud of depression over her was finally lifting when he saw her smile at the end of the gruelling 2016 harvest season. That October had b...
Dec 09, 2023
NITHA reports new cases of TB in the north
Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) recently announced the latest active tuberculosis (TB) cases.When TB Advisor Tina Campbell was in the region, which serves 33 communities within Meadow L...
Dec 09, 2023
