Health

BRCC launches Sharing a Vision project to gather feedback

People living in the Battlefords and surrounding area will have an opportunity to take part in a new survey to give their feedback. Battlefords Regional Community Coalition (BRCC) is launching a publi...

Mar 08, 2023

Immigration Resource Centre hosts borscht and perogy making night

Onions, potatoes, carrots, bacon and a boisterous group of budding foodies. It was a fun night for those taking part in the Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre's Cultural Cooking Class at the Don ...

Feb 24, 2023

Sask. offers hope to cancer patients in form of new treatment

Gary Carriere was told more than once he was going to die.The cancer survivor from Cumberland House underwent aggressive chemotherapy and a stem cell transfer before travelling to Montreal to receive ...

Feb 22, 2023

Government communication on COVID-19 contributed to 'Freedom Convoy' origin: report

OTTAWA - Justice Paul Rouleau says the Canada Border Services Agency made a bad situation worse when it mishandled the announcement of a vaccine mandate for truckers early last year, amid rampant ange...

Feb 20, 2023

Birth in bomb shelters: Ukrainian midwives look to Canada for training

YASENYTSIA-ZAMKOVA, Ukraine - An Ottawa midwife is leading the charge to legally allow Ukrainian midwives to help deliver babies in bomb shelters as mothers avoid hospitals and air raids. Betty-Anne D...

Feb 20, 2023

Harassment in sports: St-Onge asks provinces for investigative systems by end of 2023

OTTAWA - Federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling on her provincial and territorial counterparts to establish independent bodies to handle harassment complaints from athletes by the end of th...

Feb 19, 2023

Medication gives Nipawin woman best oxygen levels of her life

For the first time in her life, Morgan Buyaki can almost breathe normally. A life-saving medication that the 23-year-old spent months convincing the province to pay for has made a world of difference ...

Feb 17, 2023

NDP health critics stop in Battlefords on 'Solutions Tour'

NDP's rural and remote health critic Matt Love and health critic Vicki Mowat were in the Battlefords this week as part of their Healthcare Solutions Tour of communities in Saskatchewan. "Our goal here...

Feb 17, 2023

Bed bug infestation at Northern Sask elementary school

There are no classes this week at Big River First Nation's Mistahi Sipiy Elementary School, and the reason why has nothing to do with recent challenges like a shortage of teachers or the effects of th...

Feb 15, 2023

Campaign being launched to bring awareness on rising number of syphilis cases in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is looking to raise awareness about the rising number of syphilis cases in the province.The latest numbers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) show there...

Feb 07, 2023