Tag Archives: Health
Wildfire smoke leading to Air Quality Warning for large portion of northeastern Saskatchewan
Much of northeastern Saskatchewan is under an Air Quality Warning. Environment and Climate Change Canada issued the warning today as smoke continues to cause very poor air quality and reduced visibili...
May 28, 2025
'We heard screaming': Father speaks out after daughter fell in wooden manhole
Without warning the three-year-old girl disappeared. "We heard screaming," said Aby Felix. His family had gone to Centennial Park in North Battleford on Saturday, located near the Access Communication...
May 26, 2025
Future unclear for wildfire evacuees from Pelican Narrows
Tired and hungry after a near six-hour bus trip, a group of evacuees from Pelican Narrows arrived at the Prince Albert Grand Council Urban Services building in Prince Albert, knowing it won't be long ...
May 26, 2025
Annual walk for Alzheimer's raises over $39,000
Led by the Prince Albert Highlanders Pipes and Drums band, more than three dozen people paraded through Kinsmen Park on Saturday to support a great cause.The IG Wealth Walk for Alzheimer's raised $39,...
May 25, 2025
Over 350 participants join Run for Rose fundraiser supporting local hospice
Bruce Dearing passed away in the Rose Garden Hospice last July with his entire family by his side, while watching his favourite team, the Toronto Blue Jays, win their game. "There was so many of us th...
May 24, 2025
Terry Fox’s brother to visit Prince Albert, schools in Central Sask
Terry Fox's legacy of hope for cancer research will become a little more real to students in Central Saskatchewan, as well as to some Prince Albert seniors. Terry's brother, Fred, will start a series ...
May 22, 2025
‘It’s devastating’: ALS Society of Saskatchewan two years away from running out of funding
Terry Loustel was diagnosed with ALS in 2022. Since then, he's gone from walking with a cane to needing a wheelchair and numerous expensive accessibility modifications to his home.Loustel has had to r...
May 19, 2025
Measles cases up to 37, with 95 per cent unvaccinated, says Sask. top doctor
Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said the province is seeing new measles cases daily.As of Wednesday, there have been 37 confirmed cases between March 14 and May 14.Shahab told me...
May 16, 2025
Candle Lake doctor takes role as interim chief medical officer for province
After 25 years of practicing medicine in Melfort, Dr. Jordan Wingate decided to move to Candle Lake and open a part time practice there but has now added another job to his workload. Wingate was recen...
May 16, 2025
Prince Albert participates in Moose Hide Campaign
Donning bright pink shirts, over two dozen women, children and men walked from Prince Albert's riverbank to Kinsmen Park.Thursday's Moose Hide Campaign event marked one of many happening across the co...
May 15, 2025
