Category: Living

Political pressure renewed as G&R languishes in Kanesatake

Jun 1, 2023 | Business, HEALTH, Politics, PROVINCES, QUEBEC

Environmental harms caused by G&R Recycling in Kanesatake are still an issue years after the...

HPPH sends letters, talks cannabis

May 30, 2023 | HEALTH, ONTARIO, PROVINCES

At its May 12 meeting, many items of varying topics were discussed during Huron Perth Public Health’s (HPPH) Board of Health (BOH) meeting. Dr. Miriam Klassen, Medical Officer of Health, provided her regular report to the...

Sheet Harbour’s urgent care centre exceeds expectations

May 29, 2023 | HEALTH, MARITIMES, PROVINCES

Two months after its introduction, the new urgent care centre at Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (ESMH) in Sheet Harbour is exceeding expectations, says the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) administrator in charge. “Overall, it’s been...

Catholic division eyes naloxone training for high school students

May 28, 2023 | Alberta, Education, HEALTH, PROVINCES

Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education superintendent Dwayne Zarichny has proposed bringing in the Medicine Hat Drug Coalition, through the Red Cross, to Monsignor McCoy High School for nasal naloxone training. The students...

Interior Health pumps brakes on opening of supervised inhalation site

May 28, 2023 | BRITISH COLUMBIA, HEALTH, PROVINCES

Public backlash from concerned citizens in Nelson has put the brakes on a supervised inhalation site slated for the Friendship Outreach Clubhouse. Located on the 800 block of Vernon Street in Nelson, people living in the area...