Interior Health delivers nearly 800K immunization doses in 2023
The released figure of 784,980 comes during National Immunization Awareness Week, which runs April 22-30.
Health
Apr 23
Calgary man charged with 1st-degree murder after body found outside city
A body was found April 3 near Range Road 40 and Township Road 241 after the Tsuut’ina Nation Fire Department extinguished a grass fire. On May 3, RCMP changed a man with murder.
Crime
May 14
Advanced mammography machine installed at Saskatoon’s breast health centre
A new innovative mammography camera is now in use at the Breast Health Centre in Saskatoon. The Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation and the SHA split the cost.
Health
Apr 25
Calgary man’s body identified after grass fire near Tsuut’ina Nation
A homicide victim from Calgary has been identified after his body was found in a grass fire near the Tsuut'ina First Nation earlier this month.
Crime
Apr 9
RCMP investigate discovery of human remains near Tsuut’ina Nation
RCMP are investigating the discovery of human remains in Rocky View County near Tsuut’ina Nation.
Crime
Apr 4
Kingston looks at primary health clinic option for former Extendicare facility
City reiterates pledge there are no plans to move IHC to the former long-term care home
Health
Mar 15
Interior Health reviewing policies after double-code evening at Kelowna General Hospital
On the evening of Feb. 28, a code orange was issued for multiple victims needing care. Then a code grey was issued after the computer system went down.
Canada
Mar 7
Interior Health seeking former employees after police discover large data breach
Interior Health says former employees who worked there from 2003-09 should contact them to see if their personal information was contained in a document found by police.
Canada
Mar 7
As Canada eyes AI growth, could electricity demands fuel climate change?
Creating the electricity for artificial intelligence could great increase greenhouse gas emissions and make climate change worse, a researcher says.
Canada
May 9
Invasive strep: ‘Don’t wait’ to seek care, N.S. woman warns on long road to recovery
A woman who had to be rushed into surgery after getting flesh-eating disease from invasive group A strep is warning others not to wait if they feel symptoms.
Health
Apr 26
Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: minister
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has written to the federal government asking it to help close what she describes as a 'loophole' in the system.
Health
Apr 16
‘Influx’ of asylum seekers makes up over 10% of London’s shelter users: report
Over one in 10 permanent emergency shelter spaces in London, Ont., is currently occupied by asylum seekers and city staff are hoping for more federal supports.
Canada
Apr 29
Calgarians promote inclusivity at international dance event
As the Calgary International Salsa Congress approaches, participants are increasingly moving away from traditional ways of pairing up to dance.
Entertainment
Apr 3
‘They did everything they could’: Family sounds alarm over fatal Strep A case in N.S.
The family of a Nova Scotia man who died from invasive group A strep is sounding the alarm on the danger of the infection after symptoms became fatal within hours.
Health
Apr 1
Antisemitic incidents rose in Canada last year — and after Oct. 7: B’nai Brith
Jewish human rights group B'nai Brith Canada is highlighting an 'astonishing' increase in reports of antisemitism in its annual audit of incidents.
Canada
May 6
‘I am silenced’: Did Miss USA leave a secret message in her resignation?
Days after Miss USA's resignation, Miss Teen USA also handed in her crown, writing 'my personal values no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.'
Trending
May 10
Efforts to enforce daytime camping ban at Kingston’s Belle Park thwarted for 2nd day
The city says it will consider 'all available legal remedies' as a last resort in an ongoing effort to apply a daytime camping ban at municipal parks.
Canada
Apr 4
Israel likely broke international law with U.S. arms, but evidence uncertain: report
The report said the U.S. was unable to immediately link specific U.S. weapons to individual strikes by Israeli forces in Gaza, meaning U.S. arms shipments can continue.
World
May 10
SHA adds 116 hospital care beds to the province, nurses say not enough
On Thursday, the SHA said they have hired 90 positions in Saskatoon, with 190 other positions open across the province, most of them in Saskatoon and Regina.
Canada
Feb 15
New Music Friday: 10 new releases for your weekend (25 April 2024)
This week's New Music Friday features a couple of bands with questionable names plus a Neil Young live album secretly recorded in Toronto.
Entertainment
Apr 26