Tag Archives: Health
Controls can keep Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says
OTTAWA - With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.The Public Health Agency of Canada says shor...
Apr 09, 2020
Sturgeon Lake approves use of curfew and check stops, to combat COVID-19
In recent weeks, a number of First Nations across the province have restricted access to communities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Starting Friday, there will be check points at the two main...
Apr 08, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Provincial COVID-19 totals at 271 with 103 recovered
The province's North has three more COVID-19 cases, bringing the region's total to 51, while there are four cases in the Far North region. On Wednesday, April 8, the province announced there are 11 ne...
Apr 08, 2020 Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Province releases planning scenarios for COVID-19, prepares for 153,000 to 408,000 cases
They are not predictions or expectations, but the province has released three 'what if' scenarios to assess the potential impact of COVID-19 transmission on Saskatchewan's health care system.These sce...
Apr 08, 2020
Northern health centres need help on PPE shortages
Health centres offering service to the 33 communities that make up the Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) are sounding the alarm bell about shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE)...
Apr 07, 2020 The William Charles Health Centre at Montreal Lake is one of 28 facilities in NITHA. (submitted photo)
P.A. seamstress making masks for local community groups
A Prince Albert woman is putting her sewing skills to work to help amid the COVID-19 outbreak.Diana Dixon started making masks for community groups to distribute them. So far Dixon made and sent 25 ma...
Apr 07, 2020 Diana Dixon is sewing masks for those who need them. (submitted photo/Diana Dixon)
Emergency services display solidarity with health care staff in La Ronge
Flashing lights and sirens could be heard in La Ronge on Monday as emergency service workers showed solidarity with health care workers in the tri-communities. Conservation officers, firefighters, par...
Apr 07, 2020 Heavy snow didn't stop the parade from emergency services from occurring. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
N-95 respirators and emergency relief on the way for Canada
OTTAWA - Coveted N95 respirators will continue to come to Canada from a Minnesota-based company while the country keeps rolling out a financial assistance program Tuesday. 3M says it will maintain its...
Apr 07, 2020
Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says
OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...
Apr 06, 2020
Emergency services see changes due to COVID-19 outbreak
Prince Albert area paramedics are seeing fewer calls and the emergency room at the Victoria Hospital are seeing less people coming through their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Parkland Ambulance res...
Apr 06, 2020 The emergency room at the Victoria Hospital is seeing lower volumes according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
