Tag Archives: Health
Co-op donation kick starts Ronald McDonald house build campaign
Kasey Halkett, age five, has spent over a hundred days using the Victoria Hospital and her family has made much use of the Family Room sponsored by Ronald McDonald House Charities. She made the offici...
Aug 10, 2023
Miracle Treat Day returns to support Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation
Once again ice cream is on the menu along with a chance to support the most significant needs at Saskatchewan's Children's Hospital.Aug. 10 marks the 21st Miracle Treat Day for DQ restaurants, with pr...
Aug 10, 2023
Health Director for Sturgeon Lake passes away, leaves behind strong legacy
A well-known advocate for First Nations healthcare has passed away.Shirley Bighead died on July 19 in Saskatoon at the age of 66. At the time, she was the Director of Health for the Sturgeon Lake Firs...
Aug 09, 2023
Saskatchewan centre to have dedicated door, space for mental health patients
Inside a new health centre in Saskatchewan's capital will be a space solely for people urgently requiring psychological help.And, from the outside, it can be accessed through a dedicated door. It's wh...
Aug 07, 2023
PAGC responds to closure of homeless kitchen, cites funding issues
In the words of Prince Albert Grand Council's Executive Director, caring for the homeless is a challenging situation.Al Ducharme said the decision to shut down the Community Cares Kitchen, which has b...
Aug 02, 2023
300 residents of Fond du Lac evacuated due to wildfire smoke
As wildfire smoke near their community intensifies, approximately 300 members of Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation have been evacuated.According to a statement Tuesday night from Chief Kevin Mercredi, the...
Aug 01, 2023
Wapiti Regional Library to soon offer carbon dioxide detectors in lending program
The Wapiti Regional Library (WRL) will soon be offering carbon dioxide monitors to their patrons at all of their locations.The CO2 monitor lending program will begin on Aug. 7, with the purpose of let...
Aug 01, 2023
Federal government struggling to get rid of millions of extra COVID-19 rapid tests
OTTAWA - The federal government is sitting on a stockpile of 39 million extra rapid tests for COVID-19 and is struggling to get rid of them without chucking them in the trash, an internal Health Canad...
Jul 29, 2023
Sask NDP accuse gov't of hiding problems in health care
The Saskatchewan Party's Ministry of Health is responding to a leaked memo by the NDP showing that the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been closed for weeks.Official Opp...
Jul 27, 2023
Murder at Prince Albert homeless camp raises safety concerns for community and staff, says frontline worker
A man's death last weekend at a homeless camp in Prince Albert is being described as shocking, and an awareness of what's happening on the streets.That's from Rob Dunlop, director of program developme...
Jul 26, 2023
