Tag Archives: Health
Preparations going well for P.A.'s prestigious Med Gala
Time is running out if you wish to take part in a prestigious event to honour the best in healthcare in Prince Albert. The Boreal Healthcare Foundation's Med Gala is now 85 per cent sold out with the ...
Mar 28, 2024
Pine Grove inmates claim woman rushed to hospital in serious condition was ignored by jail staff
Editor's note: This story was updated on March 27 to include a comment from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.Inmates at Prince Albert's Pine Grove Correctional (PGCC) are sounding the alarm, claiming...
Mar 26, 2024
Métis cancer survivors share their stories of confronting and beating cancer
They are raw, they are real, and they are inspiring, and thanks to a new project from the University of Saskatchewan, they will finally be heard.The Digital Storytelling Project, a collaborative effor...
Mar 26, 2024
James Smith Chief candidate focused on community safety and creating better life for youth
A man who aspires to lead the community of James Smith First Nation, says that following the massive stabbing rampage in 2022 that left 11 people dead and 17 injured, there has been a call for change....
Mar 25, 2024
Prince Albert celebs get footloose for a good cause
Is there a doctor in the house, because some of Prince Albert's biggest celebrities are coming down with a case of Saturday Night Fever.The annual Swinging With The Stars event, at the jam packed Exhi...
Mar 25, 2024
Future Prince Albert candidates say provincial budget underwhelming
Underwhelmed and disappointed are the words being used by two future Prince Albert NDP candidates to describe the provincial budget. Both Nicole Rancourt and Carolyn Brost Strom said the government sh...
Mar 21, 2024
Hepatitis A exposure warning at Saskatoon drug store
People who visited the Shoppers Drug Mart in Saskatoon's Centre Mall (Circle and 8th Street East) this past month are being warned they may have been exposed to Hepatitis A. The warning period is from...
Mar 21, 2024
Doctor urges residents to check measles vaccination history before upcoming Easter holiday
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is urging residents to check their vaccination status for measles following a recent case in Saskatoon and an increasing number in Ontario and Quebec. "The s...
Mar 19, 2024
Cost of travel nurses is ballooning in Saskatchewan, NDP says
The Opposition NDP says Saskatchewan's reliance on contract nurses is getting "quite costly," which the NDP says is another sign of a failing health-care system.On Wednesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki M...
Mar 14, 2024
'We are barely hanging on by a thread': Sask. health care union holds rally in Prince Albert
Carrying signs that called on the employer to boost wages and amplifying their call for help with the use of a megaphone, members of a Saskatchewan health care union made some noise on Tuesday outside...
Mar 12, 2024
