Tag Archives: Health
Victoria Hospital's neonatal unit expansion moving forward
Construction is moving ahead on the major expansion to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert. Quorex Construction Services Ltd. from Saskatoon has been sele...
Nov 20, 2020
'I left the store in tears' : Prince Albert mother raises concerns with pandemic policy
By all accounts, Shannon Halpenny's trip to the grocery store Wednesday night with her seven-year-old son, should have been routine, but she says the events that transpired left her shaken and upset.T...
Nov 19, 2020
180,000 new vaccines coming to Saskatchewan next year, reviewing the models
According to Saskatchewan Minister of Health Paul Merriman, the province will have 180,000 vaccines in the first quarter of next year.Canada's federal government has secured six million vaccines, four...
Nov 19, 2020
CEO, president of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation receives national award
The CEO and president of the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation received national recognition today in light of her efforts to improving the health of children and youth in Canada.Brynn Bobac...
Nov 19, 2020
Daughter of 89-year-old in Saskatoon care home worries about quality of care amid COVID-19 outbreak
A 62-year-old Dalmeny area woman has removed her mother from a Saskatoon area care home after she says she became worried about the quality of care she had been receiving over the last few weeks.The w...
Nov 19, 2020
Province records another death, 132 new cases of COVID-19
The province has announced another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in the province is 32.There are 132 cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the total to 5,553...
Nov 18, 2020
Adult recreational hockey awaits end of COVID-related suspension in P.A. area
Adult recreational hockey activities in Prince Albert and area have been suspended to prevent the ongoing spread of COVID-19.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) suspended the activities as of Nov....
Nov 18, 2020
P.A. bodybuilder stands above the rest
Prince Albert's Kyla Baun says the feeling of looking out at the judges and crowd last weekend in Calgary was one of pure happiness.The 33-year-old finished first in her division at the "Alberta Summe...
Nov 18, 2020
What's on the menu for the P.A. hospitality industry as govt. ponders next COVID moves?
The hospitality industry is being left largely unscathed - for the coming days at least - in the province's latest and stricter COVID measures, but the Chief Medical Health Officer has intimated that ...
Nov 18, 2020
Mandatory masks and private gatherings down to 5 among new COVID measures to mid-December
Mandatory masks across Saskatchewan and private indoor gatherings reduced to five people are just some of the new public health measures to take effect on Thursday. There will also be restrictions on ...
Nov 17, 2020
