Tag Archives: Health
Canada not ready for second wave of COVID-19, Senate committee says
OTTAWA - A new report from a committee of senators says the country is ill-prepared to handle a second wave of COVID-19. The Senate's social affairs committee says the federal government needs to pay ...
Jul 09, 2020
Have You Been Overworking With 10,000 Steps A Day?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Many Americans have made packing in 10,000 steps a day a part of their regular fitness routine. Countless fitness trackers and apps laud the importance of ...
Jul 09, 2020
Visiting restricted at Victoria Hospital and long term care homes due to increased cases of COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting residents and visitors of an increase of COVID-19 cases in Prince Albert.According to a media release, the SHA is urging everyone to follow public h...
Jul 08, 2020
Two new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
There are two new cases of COVID-19 reported today, bringing the provincial total to 808 cases. One of those new cases is in the Saskatoon region with the other in the North. Of the total cases, 47 ar...
Jul 08, 2020
Recycling facilities still busy weeks after reopening
Business has not slowed down at either of SARCAN's two Prince Albert facilities.Bill Powalinsky, CEO with P.A. and District Community Service Centre, which operates both facilities through Pine Indust...
Jul 08, 2020
Dr. Shahab warns of 'ongoing community transmission' in Prince Albert
Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer says a string of unrelated cases of COVID-19 in the Prince Albert area is evidence of ongoing community transmission.Dr. Saqib Shahab told reporters on a Tu...
Jul 07, 2020
Province reports 15th death from COVID-19
An individual from the North in their 20s has died from COVID-19, bringing the total amount of recorded deaths from the virus in the province to 15.There is one new case of COVID-19 reported today, br...
Jul 07, 2020
A little appreciation goes a long way
A Prince Albert man is thanking the staff at the Victoria Hospital and other frontline workers in the community after witnessing what he called unbelievable care.Dave Leaderhouse said he gained a whol...
Jul 07, 2020
Local bar responds to return of VLTs
Video Lottery Terminals are back online in Saskatchewan.The provincial government announced the machines would start running again as of Monday at a press conference last week. The province shut down ...
Jul 06, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 06, 2020
