Tag Archives: Health
Delays announced as Birch Hills clinic waits for new nurse practitioner
The Birch Hills Primary Health Care Clinic will experience a staff shortage this summer which will impact its level of care.A new nurse practitioner (NP) was hired to fill a vacancy left by a former N...
May 30, 2022
Weekly epi report indicates 12 new COVID-related deaths, another 376 new positive cases
There were 12 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths last week as reported in the Ministry of Health's weekly integrated epidemiology (epi) report. This was lower compared to the previous week's total which w...
May 26, 2022
Food Farm satisfies young appetites for learning
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - For the first time in three years, elementary students in the Prince Albert area have been able to leave the classroom and receive a hands on lesson on where their food comes fr...
May 25, 2022
Food Farm satisfies young appetites for learning
For the first time in three years, elementary students in the Prince Albert area have been able to leave the classroom and receive a hands on lesson on where their food comes from. On Wednesday, the F...
May 25, 2022
Monkeypox no cause for panic: Microbiologist
Monkeypox is making headlines worldwide, but is it something we need to be worried about?Dr. Joseph Blondeau, head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital and provincial lead for Clinica...
May 24, 2022
PAPS looking for missing woman and teen in separate cases
UPDATE: Around 4:00 p.m. on May 24, PAPS notified media that Beatrice Yooya has been found safe.At 5:40 p.m. on May 26, PAPS once again notified the media that Ira Danttouze has been found safe and so...
May 20, 2022
MLA Nadine Wilson explains how she was kicked out of the Legislature
Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson was one of two people removed from the Legislative Assembly this week and for the same reason; refusing to apologize for words used during question period.In Wils...
May 20, 2022
Cumberland MLA Vermette suspended from assembly after cursing during mental health discussion
Cumberland House MLA Doyle Vermette (NDP) was suspended for one day from the legislative assembly after accusing the government of not "giving a [expletive]" about issues such as suicide and mental he...
May 19, 2022
Latest wastewater report shows big drop in COVID levels
COVID-19 levels appear to be dropping drastically in Prince Albert, North Battleford, and Saskatoon.That's according to the latest weekly update from the University of Saskatchewan, in its continuing ...
May 17, 2022
Prince Albert campus included in new dental therapy program
A newly announced dental therapy degree program will include Prince Albert in one of three campuses the program is available.The program is aimed at Indigenous students and hopes to address the issue ...
May 17, 2022
