Tag Archives: Health

'Foul pool incident' closes Northern Lights Palace pool
A bummer for the kids out on school break.The Northern Lights Palace pool is closed due to what the city is calling a "foul pool incident which requires super chlorination."The city says in a news rel...
Feb 20, 2019

30 Days of Something
If you read my latest book, The Try Angle – A New Slant on Life (if you haven’t, shame shame – go get it right now – I’ll wait…  ...
Feb 20, 2019

Humboldt father and husband continuing battle with leukemia
In late August of 2018, 37-year-old Jamie Ficko of Humboldt was feeling off and wasn't sure what was wrong. Numerous blood tests early on didn't indicate anything out of the blue, until Ficko noticed ...
Feb 19, 2019

More children relying on food banks to eat, according to new report
Saskatchewan has the highest proportion of children relying on food banks in the country, according to a new report from Food Banks Canada.The 2018 report found 43.5 per cent of individuals served by ...
Feb 15, 2019

'Total Relief': NCHCF finishes fundraising for digital imaging machine
The North Central Health Care Foundation has officially paid off the digital imaging machine in the Melfort Hospital.In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Foundation announced that they had fina...
Feb 15, 2019

'More than words': $16 million announced for wellness, healing and recovery centre
The wide-reaching impact the construction of a wellness, healing and recovery centre in the tri-communities will have in northern Saskatchewan was apparent at a special announcement today.Surrounded b...
Feb 14, 2019
Local doctor helps hospital foundation reach campaign goal
The sound of applause echoed through the main floor corridors of Victoria Hospital Thursday morning following the announcement that the Victoria Hospital Foundation had reached its $2.2 million goal f...
Feb 14, 2019

Donations to HDHF to help mental health care
The Humboldt District Hospital is undergoing some changes, and two recent donations will help make the modifications a reality.The Humboldt Emergency Relief Organization donated almost $6,000 to the H...
Feb 12, 2019

Is your vaporizer safe?
A recent story out of Texas in which a vaporizer exploded in a man's hand, sending shrapnel into his body and later causing his death, has a local vape expert speaking out.Jesse Huber, manager at Vita...
Feb 08, 2019

Province urges measles vaccinations
While there has been only one reported case of measles in Canada this year, various outbreaks in the US through January and potential dangers associated with foreign travel to Europe, are a timely rem...
Feb 07, 2019