Tag Archives: Health
Kachur Wealth Management donates $25K to Rose Garden Hospice
The group behind the Rose Garden Hospice fundraising drive is closing in on their $4 million goal.Kachur Wealth Management donated $25,000. Owner Cole Kachur was on hand Friday to help present the che...
Nov 12, 2021
New COVID Delta variant subtypes are dominant strains in Saskatchewan
Two new Delta variant subtypes have become the dominant strains of COVID-19 throughout Western Canada and health officials are closely watching how they progress.Called AY.25 and AY.27, according to i...
Nov 12, 2021
Eight more COVID-19 deaths reported in province, 182 new cases
The province reported another 182 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Nov. 11, bringing the total to 79,212 reported cases.Of the new cases, 33 were identified in Northern Saskatchewan;...
Nov 11, 2021
'We can't tolerate that': issues with former Prince Albert youth group home highlighted in report from Child Advocate
Examples of neglect, untrained staff, and just overall mismanagement at a now defunct Prince Albert group home, are laid out in a report this week from Saskatchewan's Child and Youth Advocate.The repo...
Nov 10, 2021
Province creates safe access zones for health-care workers, patients
The Saskatchewan government is looking to take better care of its health-care workers at their workplaces.On Wednesday, the government introduced The Public Health (Safe Access to Hospitals) Amendment...
Nov 10, 2021
Double digit day for new cases in the province, first since Aug. 16
As of Nov. 9 there are 86 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 60 who were unvaccinated with 28 being between 0-11.This is the lowest daily total since Aug. 10, 2021 and the first day we've reported less ...
Nov 09, 2021
Sask. hopes to soon resume some cancelled health services, including organ donation
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has released a plan that will include the resumption of a variety of health services that were paused across the province as healthcare workers were redeployed to hel...
Nov 09, 2021
Health Canada approves Pfizer booster for 18+ age group
Health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer's Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for booster shots for everyone 18 and over.The boosters are to be given at least six months after a person received their seco...
Nov 09, 2021
Sask. woman in dire need of kidney blames government for surgery suspension
Jessica Bailey was getting ready to get her life-saving kidney transplant this past summer.She and her donor had gone through a year of testing and some unfortunate setbacks, but they had the green li...
Nov 09, 2021
Prince Albert Chamber offers drive-thru option for rapid test pick-up
Anyone in need of a COVID-19 rapid test kit can literally drive by the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce building this week.A drive-thru pick up option is being offered Tuesday and Wednes...
Nov 08, 2021
