Health

Local organization talks mental health

The topic of mental health is front and center across the country today.Bell Lets Talk Day aims to get people talking about mental health while also raising money to support initiatives.Members of one...

Jan 29, 2020 Lyle Karasiuk said they are focused on mental health all the way through the organization. (submitted photo/Lyle Karasiuk)

P.A. Ag dealer gets behind Rose Garden Hospice

Redhead Equipment is the latest business to get behind the Rose Garden Hospice.On Tuesday morning at the company's offices southwest of the city, a $20,000 contribution was announced in front of a cro...

Jan 29, 2020 Redhead Equipment made the $20,000 donation Tuesday at their offices. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Hospital gets donation to help kids

The Victoria Hospital Foundation received a unique kind of donation Monday morning.Mann Northway GMC donated two toy battery powered vehicles to the hospital. The dealership's general manager Mark Rip...

Jan 27, 2020 The toy vehicles were unveiled Monday morning at the Victoria Hospital. (submitted photo/Victoria Hospital Foundation)

Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor

CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...

Jan 27, 2020

Ontario confirms second coronavirus case, wife of first case

TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus.They said the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also te...

Jan 27, 2020

Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight

OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...

Jan 26, 2020

Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight

OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...

Jan 26, 2020

Tumour on Edmonton woman's liver was rare parasite, not cancer

EDMONTON - Cassidy Armstrong says she washes her hands, cleans her vegetables and doesn't own any pets. "How did I get it? I don't know," says the 36-year-old from Edmonton. Armstrong had su...

Jan 26, 2020

Where does your adventure live!

I recently got sick at the airport. Luckily, I met a doctor! Imagine my shock when he told me I had a terminal illness. *** The adventure begins where plans end. What does adventure mean to you?...

yourlife Jan 26, 2020

Canada prepares for the new coronavirus as the death toll in China keeps rising

TORONTO - As the new coronavirus claims more lives in China, health authorities in this country are trying to reassure Canadians that plans and procedures are in place to protect them.While no cases h...

Jan 25, 2020 (File photo/Canadian Press)