Tag Archives: Health

McLeod Lake Indian Band member continuing "high risk behaviour" after positive COVID-19 test
McLeod Lake - A letter sent out by the McLeod Lake Indian Band on Friday indicates a band member has tested positive fro COVID-19. It also outlines the member, who cannot be identified, has been in co...
May 16, 2020

New plan to address Surgical backlog
PRINCE GEORGE - "Slow. That's a good description of it." That's how Dr. Michael Moran, an orthopaedic surgeon describes his office in the past 100 days. But that's about to change. Health Minister Adr...
May 07, 2020

National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...
May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Listen up!
Emotional Wellness in Turbulent Times Want to be a fly on the wall? You can listen in for free to this 40 minute program (below) where I will take you through a three step process&...
May 03, 2020

Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure
CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...
Apr 29, 2020
Whatever!
Whatever you are feeling – despair, overwhelm, frustration, sadness, it's ok, it's real. You aren't crazy, you aren't the only one feeling like this, let yourself feel what you feel. And then fe...
Apr 26, 2020

Preventive measures at Alberta meat plants came too late to stop outbreaks
CALGARY - The rapid spread of COVID-19 at Canada's meat-packing plants isn't a surprise, say union and health officials. Fabian Murphy, president of the Agriculture Union, which represents federal mea...
Apr 23, 2020

New Partnership provides medical equipment
PRINCE GEORGE- They say necessity is the mother of invention, and a new partnership has identified a huge need globally. "So the STL file is basically information that goes to a slicing software and s...
Apr 21, 2020

'What's going to happen?' Alberta teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19
OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way...
Apr 15, 2020

Health Canada warns against "fraudulent and unauthorized" N95 masks
OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning Canadians about the risks of using fraudulent and unauthorized N95 masks that may not offer protection against COVID-19. The organization said it has r...
Apr 14, 2020