Health

Food Bank in need of donations

The local food bank is in need of more donations of non-perishable food items.Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre executive director Erin Katerynych said many of the shelves are nearly bare,...

Mar 30, 2022

‘It’s critical’: Report calls for more mental health and addictions support for children

The Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth unveiled a report Tuesday urging the provincial government to offer more services and resources for children around the province suffering from mental ...

Mar 29, 2022

EMS gets budget boost of $10.8m

Much of the $10.8 million allocated to emergency medical services announced in yesterday's provincial budget will go to hire more paramedics. About $7 million will be spent adding full time equivalent...

Mar 24, 2022

$750,000 boost for families at Children’s Hospital

The families of children in the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatchewan will have another avenue for financial relief when it comes to details like buying food, paying for parking or even buy...

Mar 23, 2022

Walk-in clinic for COVID-19 vaccination ends April 9

The Battlefords will hold one final COVID-19 clinic, as Saskatchewan continues to progress from pandemic restrictions.April 9 is the last availability at the Walk-in Clinic at the Frontier Centre in N...

Mar 22, 2022

COVID levels increasing in P.A. & North Battleford: study

Editors Note: A previous version stated levels were slightly increasing in P.A. and dropping in North Battleford, however, this was data collected from the week before. We apologize for the error. - P...

Mar 21, 2022

Lloydminster receiving two child care facilities

New child care facilities are coming to Lloydminster.The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced the addition of 1,202 new licensed not-for-profit child care facility spaces in 21 Saskatchewa...

Mar 17, 2022

EPI reports 832 new COVID cases and 28 deaths last week

The province has reported that 832 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed last week.In the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (EPI) dated March 6-12, another 28 new COVID deaths were ...

Mar 17, 2022

Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...

Mar 17, 2022

NDP, Regina physician call on province to do more to keep doctors

Dr. Tomi Mitchell has run a medical clinic in Regina for more than a decade, but she's shutting those doors."What I see right now is beyond tragic. I took an oath over a decade ago to do my best as a ...

Mar 16, 2022