Tag Archives: Health
Planned service disruption at Collaborative Emergency Centre in Spiritwood
The Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) in Spiritwood has announced there will be a planned service disruption for approximately a month.According to a media release from the Saskatchewan Health Auth...
Aug 21, 2020
13 Red Deer Olymel employees test negative for COVID-19
Officials with Olymel say all 13 of the employees at their Red Deer pork processing facility who were sent for COVID-19 tests after another worker tested positive have been cleared to return to work. ...
Aug 20, 2020
Teeing off for a good cause
Neechie Gear Founder Kendal Netmaker says he fully supports young leaders and a big part of that development is ensuring they have healthy role models.Netmaker was among the participants in a special ...
Aug 20, 2020
Health sciences association, SAHO ratify deal
The Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations have ratified a new six-year contract.The new collective bargaining agreement is retroac...
Aug 20, 2020
‘The shame of the country:’ 2020s reported overdose deaths tentatively break records, and it’s only August
Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Jason Mercredi says overdose deaths in Saskatchewan are "the epidemic within the pandemic.""We need real-time action, and we need it now," Mercredi told 650 C...
Aug 19, 2020
FSIN calling for answers after alleged mistreatment of 53-year-old woman at Victoria Hospital
Warning: This story contains graphic images.Members of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) are searching for answers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), after a James Smith...
Aug 19, 2020
Cougars target ponies, dogs in pair of Vancouver Island attacks
QUALICUM BEACH - Conservation officers plan to destroy two cougars believed to be responsible for killing a pony and constantly hovering around a sprawling wooded community north of Qualicum Beach. Tr...
Aug 19, 2020
One more COVID case in Saskatchewan, total amount at 1,582
There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total amount to 1,582.The new case is in the Saskatoon zone. Of the total cases, 157 are active. There have been 1,403 recoveries. Eight...
Aug 18, 2020
Keeping sick people out of schools needs to be priority, Shahab says
As classes get set to resume, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the big priority needs to be keeping sick people out of schools.Speaking on Gormley on Tuesday morning, Dr. Saqib Shahab ...
Aug 18, 2020
First confirmed COVID-19 case at Red Deer pork processing plant
A pork processing plant in Red Deer that employs over 1,500 people has recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Olymel spokesperson Richard Vigneault says a worker at their Red Deer facility cam...
Aug 17, 2020
