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Government Keeps Promise To Make Ambulance Fees More Affordable For Saskatchewan Seniors

Wednesday, December 02, 2020 - 7:00 PM

The Government of Saskatchewan is delivering on its commitment to Saskatchewan seniors by significantly reducing ambulance fees from $275 per trip to $135 per trip. As well, there will be no cost...

Government Of Saskatchewan Providing 100,000 Rapid Tests To Schools

Monday, March 22, 2021 - 5:00 PM

Saskatchewan K-12 schools across the province are currently being shipped 100,000 rapid tests. Rapid testing for COVID-19 in schools may begin as early as this week. "A rapid testing program in...

Government Orders Review Of Long-Term Care Pharmacy Procurement Process

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 2:00 PM

The Minister of Seniors and Rural and Remote Health has directed that the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, review recent changes made to its policy...

Government strategies to ensure the human right to adequate and healthy food facing the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil

Wednesday, December 09, 2020 - 4:00 AM

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed a concrete and immediate threat to food and nutrition security (FNS), especially for vulnerable groups. This study aimed to identify government strategies implemented in Brazil to provide the Human Right to Adequate and

Governments must protect those who help torture victims, say human rights experts

Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 2:29 PM

Top UN rights experts appealed on Thursday for all governments to ensure that victims of torture receive the rehabilitation services they need, along with guarantees that those who help them do not suffer reprisals.

Governments of Canada, British Columbia invest in new Indigenous cultural safety resource collection to support culturally safe health systems

Friday, August 13, 2021 - 2:30 PM

Ongoing efforts to make health-care systems culturally safe and accessible for all First Nations Peoples, Inuit and Métis peoples in B.C. and across Canada are being strengthened with the creation of a ground-breaking repository of resources at the

Grand Falls region to move to Orange level, Edmundston region remains in lockdown / eight new cases / exposure notifications / testing

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 12:47 PM

A section of Zone 4 including the communities of Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond, New Denmark and Four Falls will move from the Red level to Orange at midnight tonight under the province’s mandatory order.