Tag Archives: Health
Hospital foundation announces new executive director starting next month
Cody Barnett will soon be joining the Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) as its new executive director.VHF announced the change in staff Tuesday afternoon and said Barnett will start in his new role o...
May 10, 2022
New building houses 14 people with various levels of disabilities
Finding a house to call home in Prince Albert can be challenging. Finding an affordable house even more so and finding both when you have a disability might be close to impossible. For 14 city residen...
May 06, 2022
Operation needle pickup underway in Prince Albert
Armed with buckets and pairs of tongs, a small team is fanning out across Prince Albert this week, seeking out used, discarded needles.paNOW was invited on Thursday to join them as they made their way...
May 05, 2022
Province reports 766 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting the Omicron variant BA.2 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 making up 83 per cent of the variants of concern in this weeks epidemiology (epi) report.A littl...
May 05, 2022
Walks, art exhibits highlight CMHA's mental health week
May 2 to May 8 is Mental Health Week for branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association across the country, and that includes the one right here in Prince Albert."It's an opportunity to celebrate ...
May 04, 2022
Hospice building takes shape, donations continue
Donations are still coming in even as the Rose Garden Hospice building takes shape. Hospice committee member Marina Mitchell said the group is happy to see the results of over a decade of effort."It m...
May 03, 2022
Six new ICU beds in operation in Saskatchewan hospitals
Six new intensive care unit beds have opened in Saskatchewan, with five more to be added before the year is out.The provincial government said in its March budget it would be spending $12.5 million to...
May 02, 2022
Supply not an issue for pharmacies giving fourth COVID-19 shots
If you're eligible to get your fourth COVID-19 shot, a pharmacy should be able to get you in quickly.Michael Fougere, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Pharmacy Association, said people shouldn't face any h...
May 02, 2022
Province reports 829 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 deaths in weekly report
The provincial government is reporting another 829 new cases of COVID last week as part of their epidemiology (epi) report released today. This is a slight drop compared to last week's report of 889 c...
Apr 28, 2022
Second COVID booster shots now available to those 50 and over in Sask.
Saskatchewan has expanded the eligibility for people looking to get a second COVID-19 booster shot.The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that everyone 50 and over is now eligible for a fourth dose ...
Apr 26, 2022
