Tag Archives: Health
New beds promised to address 'high need' for addictions treatment
The provincial government has announced plans to open 50 new pre- and post- addictions treatment beds across the province. Private sector providers and community-based organizations have until the end...
Sep 24, 2019 MACSI plans to apply for funding to open new pre- and post-treatment beds, but has not yet decided if their Prince Albert Centre will be part of the application (file photo/paNOW staff)
Prince Albert NDP candidate talks homelessness
The NDP candidate for Prince Albert is weighing in on the issue of housing and homelessness.On Friday Harmony Johnson-Harder attended a meeting of the Prince Albert Community Advisory Board on Homeles...
Sep 21, 2019 Prince Albert NDP candidate Harmony Johnson-Harder,left, attended a meeting Friday focused on dealing with homelessness in P.A. (Submitted Photograph/Kyle Anderson)
Better coordination prioritized by homelessness strategy
Groups working to combat homelessness in Prince Albert gathered on Friday to plan the allocation of $500,000 of federal money. The funding, part of the national homelessness strategy, is administered ...
Sep 21, 2019 P.A. groups working on homelessness brainstorm ways to provide better supports during a meeting at the John M. Cuelenaere Public Library (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW)
Riders team up with Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation on new lottery
As the province gives so much to Rider Nation, the organization felt it was important to give back. The Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation and the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation have team...
Sep 20, 2019 The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon. (supplied/The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation)
Parkland Ambulance responds to two calls
Parkland Ambulance responded to two separate motor vehicle collisions Wednesday afternoon. According to a media release from Parkland Ambulance, at 2:12 p.m. paramedics responded to a single vehicle a...
Sep 18, 2019 File photo (Ron Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Listen to Your Heart campaign for Hospital Foundation
She thought it was heartburn. When the pain only worsened after a week of taking Tums, Shawna Zawerucka went to a walk-in clinic. She was waiting for the results of a ECG test when a doctor entered. "...
Sep 18, 2019 Shawna Zawercka (in blue) surrounded by her family. (Submitted/Victoria Hospital Foundation)
Pushing the vote: why is turnout in Prince Albert so low?
There are over 56,000 registered voters in the Prince Albert riding, and nearly 30 per cent decided not to vote in the last federal election.The total number of ballots cast in 2015 was just over 39,6...
Sep 18, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
U of S unveils campus sign
The new University of Saskatchewan Campus in Prince Albert marked a milestone Monday morning.The sign for the downtown campus was officially unveiled to the public at a ceremony which saw speeches fro...
Sep 16, 2019 The new sign for the University of Saskatchewan Prince Albert Campus has been unveiled (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Mental health services tackle spike in Ag communities
Farmers often struggle with difficult times in silence.It's sparked the creation of organizations like the Do More Agriculture Foundation.One of the driving forces behind it was a series of 2017 Twitt...
Sep 15, 2019 Farmers from the area around Milestone, Sask. gathered together to combine 450 acres for the family Brian Williams, who died on Aug. 17. (Jeff Brown/YouTube)
Federal food safety watchdog says brand of baby formula recalled
OTTAWA - The federal food safety watchdog says a brand of baby formula has been recalled due to rancidity and the product being off-colour.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Abbott Laboratories ...
Sep 14, 2019 (Health Canada)
