Tag Archives: Health
COVID vaccine approved for young children: parents and school officials react
Amanda Morin has three children between the ages of five and nine years old, and despite Friday's announcement from Health Canada that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children between the age...
Nov 19, 2021
Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5-11
Some kids in Saskatchewan soon could be rolling up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine.Health Canada announced Friday it has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged five to 11. Previou...
Nov 19, 2021
More than 13K COVID cases in Sask. have been kids under 11
More than one-sixth of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 cases to date have been children under the age of 11.On Thursday, the provincial government's COVID dashboard changed the age groups of cases, separating...
Nov 18, 2021
BUH Foundation's Festival of Trees to kick off holiday season
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." That is the theme for this year's 2021 Festival of Trees; one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation,...
Nov 18, 2021
Empty Stocking Fund campaign launches this week
The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre's Empty Stocking Fund will officially launch on Thursday for the 2021 holiday season.Through the program, families in need will receive Christmas hamp...
Nov 17, 2021
Saskatchewan surpasses 900 COVID-related deaths with four more reported today
The Saskatchewan government is reporting another 149 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, 105 of which are among unvaccinated individuals, including 44 children between the ages of 0-11.Four new dea...
Nov 17, 2021
2,500 doses of J&J vaccine available in Sask. starting Wednesday
The first jabs of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Saskatchewan starting Wednesday.In a media release Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government said the province's i...
Nov 16, 2021
Province reports 97 new cases of COVID-19, 25 in north, two deaths
The province is reporting another 97 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Nov. 15, 56 of which are in unvaccinated individuals.The new cases in Northern Saskatchewan today are located in the North West ...
Nov 15, 2021
Unity resident wins BUHF $100,000 Cash Lottery
A couple from Unity were the big winners of the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation $100,000 Cash Lottery. Sandy Richards received the call from BUHF Friday morning, telling her that she and her hus...
Nov 12, 2021
New COVID Delta variant subtypes are dominant strains in Saskatchewan
Two new Delta variant subtypes have become the dominant strains of COVID-19 throughout Western Canada and health officials are closely watching how they progress.Called AY.25 and AY.27, according to i...
Nov 12, 2021