Sue Jones

In the first 18 months of the pandemic, only 30 per cent of Saskatchewan people got knee replacement surgeries within the national benchmark time frame of six months, according to the latest report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.From April 2020 to September 2021, 30 per cent of Saskatchewan people got knee surgery within…

In the seaside village of Alma, about 70 kilometres south of Moncton, seasonal business owners are scrambling to find staff as the summer approaches. Help wanted signs are posted in windows in shops, restaurants and inns.Anne-Marie Seguin is co-owner of Fundy Highlands Motel and Chalets near Alma, N.B. She said finding staff for the summer…

Abortion is legal in Canada, but that doesn’t mean the procedure is always readily accessible, and the lack of open dialogue allows “that stigma and that silence … stereotypes and taboos to continue,” says a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Guelph in Ontario.Jacqueline Potvin is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Guelph in…

The couple had been watching water levels rise and fall all day, waiting for them to go down like usual. They’d finally started to relax, when the knock came. They were out of time.Bhreagh Ingarfield and her partner Thomas Whittaker moved from Yellowknife into a log home in Paradise Gardens last fall with the dream of…

Time was when no state legislature worth its salt would convene until well after mid-January and adjourn by planting season around mid-April. Enough states still adhere to that schedule that calendar that it often prevents someone’s idea from turning into a national movement simply because the clock runs out This year, raw milk bills in Iowa,…

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of illnesses possibly linked to Lucky Charms cereal, but little information is available yet. Hundreds of consumers have reported illnesses after eating the General Mills breakfast cereal according to the iwaspoisoned.com website operator Patrick Quade. The reports include gastrointestinal symptoms. Quade said he has contracts with public…

Ferrero Canada Ltd. is recalling certain Kinder brand chocolate products because of possible Salmonella contamination. The products have been linked to a multi-country outbreak in Europe. The recalled products have been sold nationally in Canada, according to the recall notice posted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. As of the posting of the recall notice…

Our Table Cooperative of Sherwood, OR, is recalling frozen blueberries because testing showed Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The bacteria can easily survive freezing temperatures. The recall was the result of a routine sampling program by the company that revealed the product contained Listeria monocytogenes.  There is concern that consumers may have the product in their homes because…

Serena Williams opened up about a terrifying experience no person giving birth should have to go through. In a new essay for Elle, the legendary tennis player discussed how giving birth to her daughter Olympia, who is now four years old, led to potentially life-threatening complications.When Williams went into labor in 2017, Olympia’s heart rate…

With more rain expected this week, the flood fight in Peguis First Nation is taking on renewed urgency today, with crews working rapidly to build up dikes and sandbagging around homes. Crews were busy sandbagging in Peguis First Nation to help keep homes protected as more rain is expected in the coming days. (Jaison Empson/CBC)With more…