Tag Archives: Health
Young and old, flu takes over north central Saskatchewan
Almost one-half of the current cases of Influenza A in Saskatchewan are in young people under the age of 19 while at the same time, multiple long term care homes are seeing outbreaks of the same virus...
Dec 29, 2025
Advocates push for advance MAID requests two years after Parliament recommendation
OTTAWA - Sandra Demontigny knew something wasn't right when she couldn't remember buying herself a new pair of boots. They were a splurge - a little out of character for the mother of three - and she ...
Dec 28, 2025
Health minister says Canada can't rely on U.S. health institutions anymore
OTTAWA - Canada is used to looking to the United States as a source of health and scientific information, but the federal health minister said that is no longer the case. "I cannot trust them as a rel...
Dec 26, 2025
Measles exposure at Comfort Inn in North Battleford
People who were at the Comfort Inn on Carlton Trail in North Battleford are being warned that they may have been exposed to measles. The exposure came from a confirmed case and would have exposed the ...
Dec 26, 2025
Kids and families at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital get a visit from Santa
Santa paid a visit to Saskatoon's Jim Pattison Children's Hospital this week, spreading Christmas joy to some of the young patients and families receiving care over the holidays.The visit was part of ...
Dec 24, 2025
About one-third of Canadians optimistic about the new year: survey
OTTAWA - This year has been marked by economic upheaval, global conflict and climate change-induced natural disasters, and only a third of Canadians are optimistic things will get better in 2026, a ne...
Dec 24, 2025
For B.C. whale coroner, a gruesome duty to 'revered' animals approached with humility
VICTORIA - When veterinary pathologist Stephen Raverty is chest deep in work, the term takes on a gruesome meaning. Picture Raverty deep in the innards of a humpback whale, trying to retain his balanc...
Dec 24, 2025
Nurse practitioner says there are ways to reduce hospital wait times
A local man who works for the Meadow Lake Tribal Council as a nurse practitioner and who spent time working out of the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert said he sees ways that wait times can be reduc...
Dec 23, 2025
Quebecers urged to avoid ERs amid flu and respiratory virus 'maelstrom'
MONTREAL - Quebecers are being urged to avoid unnecessary emergency-room visits amid what one infectious-disease doctor is calling a respiratory virus "maelstrom." McGill University Health Centre doct...
Dec 23, 2025
QuickList on the 26 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Tuesday against three more Alberta legislature members, bringing the total to 26. Twenty-four of those petitions are for United Conservative Party...
Dec 23, 2025