Health

Rural refuge losing appeal after two break-ins

When nurse Randi Walker bought an acreage in the Debden area at the start of the pandemic, she was looking for a place to recharge from the mentally exhausting workdays during a global health scare. T...

Jan 12, 2023

SHA announces new paramedic treatment and referral pilot project

To ease pressure on emergency rooms in Saskatchewan, paramedics will soon consult a physician virtually to determine whether a patient can be released or referred for further care as part of a pilot p...

Jan 10, 2023

City approves Midwest Food Resources extended lease

Midwest Food Resources was granted a new 10-year lease from the City of North Battleford during Monday's council meeting for its three community garden plots on Gagne Ave. Executive director Vesna Fa ...

Jan 10, 2023

Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates

Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted.The To...

Jan 07, 2023

'Big year' for pharmacists with new prescriptive powers, drug shortages: association

In a year when pharmacists have stickhandled children's drug shortages and an extra-busy flu shot season, you'd think they might baulk at the news in Ontario and B.C. that their prescriptive powers ar...

Jan 02, 2023

Ottawa to temporarily require negative COVID-19 test from travellers from China

Ottawa plans to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for Canada, beginning in early January.The federal government says in a S...

Jan 01, 2023

RSV cases increase as do pediatric hospitalizations

Even as COVID hospitalizations are starting to drop again, the number of children hospitalized with RSV infections in Saskatchewan has doubled. In the week of December 11 to 17, 37 people (almost all ...

Dec 23, 2022

BUH to experience some temporary disruptions over holiday period

People using the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) might notice a temporary disruption of some services over the holidays. The SHA responded in a statement to battlefordsNOW Tuesday that the Intensive ...

Dec 20, 2022

P.A. & North Battleford seeing high levels of COVID in wastewater

COVID levels in Prince Albert and North Battleford are once again considered high.That's according to researchers with the University of Saskatchewan who're studying the virus through the communities'...

Dec 19, 2022

Empty Stocking Fund, Food Bank see lots of support

The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) is enjoying plenty of donations from the community this year for the Empty Stocking Fund (ESF) project and the Food Bank. "We're distributing ...

Dec 19, 2022