AIDS AND HIV

See also HIV TESTS; SAFER SEX; CONDOMS. Also see geographic subdivisions of AIDS AND HIV heading, below.
See also note under heading MEMORIALS for, e.g., memorial quilt headings
[News update regarding blood donation, homophobia, symptoms].
P1 (1983): 3, 5 (17cm.)
AIDS [update and advice].
P2 (1983): 6 (33cm.)
AIDS update. By N.R.
P3 (1983): 12 (35cm.)
Forum: AIDS impact.
P4 (1983): 4-5 (39cm.)
Aids update. By Neil Richards.
P12 [1985]: 11 (37cm.)
Aids: be informed and healthy [a seven-point guide].
P12 [1985]: 25 (25cm.)
AIDS: update [geographically broad, with no specific Saskatchewan content]. From Globe and Mail and The Body Politic.
P15 [1985]: 20 (32cm.)
AIDS: an update [general information, none specifically Saskatchewan-related]. From New York Native and The Body Politic.
P16 [1985]: 3-4 (38cm.)
AIDS: an update [including some Saskatchewan news].
P18 [1985]: 14, 19 (67cm.)
AIDS: an update [international, Canadian, and some Saskatchewan information, including case statistics].
P20 [1985]: 19-20, 22 (83cm.)
AIDS: an update [international and general Canadian; no specifically Saskatchewan information]. From New York Times, Globe & Mail, and AIDS Committee of Toronto.
P25 [1986]: 11-13 (75cm.)
AIDS [including international and Canadian issues and events; report that of Sept. 2 there were seven Saskatchewan cases]. By Neil Richards; also from Vancouver Sun.
P27 [1986]: 28-29 (51cm.)
[Vancouver study reports young gay men run greater risk for AIDS than older men]. From Globe and Mail.
P28 [1986]: 10 (7cm.)
Drugs and AIDS [primarily international, with brief comments on federal Conservative government, drug companies, and drug costs]. By Don McNamee and one or more others.
P29 [1986]: 22-23 (65 cm.)
Condom sense [short report of study of San Francisco men regarding modes of HIV infection transmission].
P31 (March 11, 1987): 13 (14cm.)
Guide to illness and health: Steven James' totally subjective, non-scientific ten step guide; [also AIDS Saskatoon announces formation of two new support groups]. [Compiled by] Neil Richards.
P38 (Jan. 13, 1988): 28-29 (52cm.)
AIDS does not exist; sex is alive and well. By Sky Gilbert, from Xtra!
P43 (Aug. 10, 1988): 26-27, 31
Our health [concerning condoms and risk reduction for AIDS]. By Chuck Grochmal/ Xtra!
P44 (Sept. 21, 1988): 28-29 (48cm.)
Our health: safe S/M sex pamphlet [AIDS Committee of Toronto and others]; Ottawa tests new [AIDS-treatment] drugs; [Treatment AIDS published by AIDS Action Now! of Toronto]; new AIDS guidelines; 12% of [US-made] condoms fail [and 21% made overseas]. Newsnotes compiled by Gens Hellquist.
P45 (Nov. 9, 1988): 28-30 (71cm.)
Our health: AIDS spreads worldwide; Ribavirin study in Saskatoon; vaccine being developed [Hamilton, Ont. report] [being three separate newsnotes from various sources].
P46 (v7n1)(Jan. 18, 1989):18 (63cm.)
AIDS: surveying the scandals [general article with many American references; no specifically Canadian content].
P47 (v7n2)(March 1, 1989): 18, 23 (75cm.)
Conference commandeered [Fifth International Conference on AIDS, Montreal, June 4-9, 1989, stormed by 300 activists]. From Xtra!
P50 (v7n5)(July 12, 1989): 10 (34cm.)
Treatment hopes [brief reference to various reports given at Fifth International Conference on AIDS, Montreal, and in a medical journal]. From Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
P50 (v7n5)(July 12, 1989): 18 (33cm.)
Imagine [personal account of writer's inspiration from attendance at 11th National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference and 7th National AIDS Forum in San Francisco, April 1989]. By Erin Shoemaker.
P50 (v7n5(July 12, 1989): 19 (51cm.)
Our health: AZT delays AIDS [according to U.S. study]; AIDS drugs approval ["fast- track" review of new possibilities by Health and Welfare Canada]. Source: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
P51 (v7n6)(Aug. 23, 1989): 18 (32cm.)
Our health: hopes for drug [dextran sulphate as AIDS treatment, by University of Saskatchewan researchers]; drug available [experimental drug, DDI, available in Canada to AIDS patients].
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 22 (30cm.)
Farewell to the 80's [general discussion of the decade of the 1980s in relation to gay/lesbian issues is presented, with emphasis on AIDS; the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and legislative protection for sexual orientation; and commercialization and diversity within the gay/lesbian community]. By Gens Hellquist.
P54 (v8n1)(Jan. 17, 1990): 4-5 (123cm.)
Our health [collection of newsnotes, Canadian and international, including] HIV's may not get AIDS; AIDS killer [AIDS has become leading cause of death for Toronto residents 25-44]; Unsafe sex [Vancouver survey]; Vaccine possible? [Tulane University research, etc.]].
P54 (v8n1)(Jan. 17, 1990): 22 (55cm.)
Conference boycott [Canadian AIDS Society will not participate in 6th International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, June 1990, "unless the United States government ends its discriminatory policies on travel by persons with AIDS/ HIV"; growing movement worldwide to withdraw participation; etc.].
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 22 (35cm.)
Our health [two international newsnotes: Patients live longer [AZT "probable reason"]; New treatment [U-81749]].
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 22 (24cm.)
World AIDS Day [December 1].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 8 (29cm.)
A Day Without Art [December 1, 1990 is second annual "A Day Without Art"; "a symbolic gesture to recognize the achievements of individuals while mourning the losses sustained by the creative community"; "also meant to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic"; local Saskatoon participation by Photographers Gallery and AKA Gallery].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 9 (37cm.)
Vaccine to be tested [University of Ottawa virologist has completed first year of experiments with possible AIDS vaccine; Dr. Yong Kang].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 21 (24cm.)
No time for complacency [obituary of Andrew (Harry) Mitchell, and also a general commentary on AIDS]. By Peter Millard.
P66 (v9n5)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n4](Aug. 14, 1991): 6-7 (75cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS. By Antonia Botting, coordinator of the Women and AIDS Project of AIDS Saskatoon.
P67 (v9n6)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n5](Sept. 25, 1991): 4 (67cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [in which the author focusses on similarities rather than perceived differences among people living with AIDS in, e.g., North America and Africa; suggestion that maybe those with power consider a few thousand gays, street kids or drug users, or a few million Africans, disposable, "not such a bad thing after all"]. By Ralph Wushke.
P68 (v9n7)(Nov. 6, 1991): 6 (38cm.)
No more Magic [report on announcement November 8 by Earvin "Magic" Johnson, basketball player, that he is HIV-positive; contrast of media coverage of this one case with the coverage given to tens of thousands of deaths up to that time; moralists had to alter their arguments; etc.].
P69 (v9n8)[misnumbered on cover as v9n7](Dec. 18, 1991): 22 (68cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [discussing issue of relationship with HIV-positive partner, and, more broadly, issue of a "safe" relationship]. By Ralph Wushke.
P71 (v10n2)(March 18, 1992): 8 (57cm.)
Reflections on AIDS in Uganda. By Barb Clay.
P72 (v10n3)(April 29, 1992): 4 (57cm.)
Homophobia & AIDS [Homophobia, Heterosexism, and AIDS; description of 68-page booklet written by Canadian AIDS Society].
P73 (v10n4)(June 10, 1992): 19 (20cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective: who's [i.e., whose] disease is it anyway? [providing comments on both the local Saskatchewan and broader AIDS matters]. By Ralph Wushke.
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 8 (37cm.)
Day Without Art [members of Canadian arts community will again observe December 1 as Day Without Art, "a day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis"; objectives of the Day; local activities in Saskatoon and Regina].
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 11 (16cm.)
The march on Washington: the view from Saskatoon [report of author, who participated in the march]. By Ralph Wushke.
P81 (v11n4)(June 9, 1993): 6 (ca. 25cm.)
; see also, in International section, "The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation," P81:29 [page misnumbered 26].
AIDS: a prairie perspective: The Berlin Report [being a report by the executive director of AIDS Saskatoon on IXth International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, which he attended]. By Ralph Wushke.
P82 (v11n5)(July 28, 1993): 9 (43cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [emphasizing the lack of and the great need for mental health services to assist those with HIV/AIDS; in Saskatchewan, mental health services inadequate to meet needs; government-funded clinics have six-month waiting periods; etc.].
P86 (v12n1)(Jan. 26, 1994)[cover date Jan. 24/94]: 9 (33cm.)
Mexican partnership [four researchers from National AIDS Laboratory in Mexico City are part of one-million-dollar project at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon; Saskatchewan specialists will travel to Mexico to train some workers; etc.].
P87 (v12n2)(March 9, 1994): 12 (15cm.)
Conference funded [federal government will spend $800,000 to bring HIV-positive people from Third World to XIth International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, 1996; some details].
P88 (v12n3)(April 27, 1994): 21 (20cm.)
Promising new AIDS drug [3TC].
P93 (v12n8)(Dec. 7, 1994): 24 (29cm.)
Not so promising [appears claims for drug 3TC as an advance in AIDS fight overblown].
P94 (v13n1)(Jan. 25, 1995): 21 (17cm.)
What does it mean any more [concerning the many AIDS red ribbons the author sees; the need to be actively involved]. By Gens Hellquist.
P95 (v13n2)[misnumbered v13n1 on contents page](March 8, 1995): 10 (67cm.)
AIDS vaccine news [leading expert says vaccine scientifically possible, "but probably won't be seen until the concerns over profit by the drug manufacturers can be overcome by social pressure"; etc.].
P96 (v13n3)(April 26, 1995): 22 (22cm.)
From where I sit [opinion piece concerning HIV-positive status; gay community reactions, behaviors, responsibilities]. By Jeff Dodds, gay men's outreach worker for AIDS Saskatoon.
P97 (v13n4)(June 7, 1995): 7 (51cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS. By Antonia Botting.
P97 (v13n4)(June 7, 1995): 8 (50cm.)
"He's in a better place now" [author's observations on death, inappropriate expressions of sympathy, do-gooders, and a variety of other matters relating to HIV/AIDS]. By Jeff Dodds.
P99 (v13n6)(Sept. 13, 1995): 5 (64cm.)
; with correction P100:5
AIDS drug update [breakthrough at University of Manitoba focusses on RNA inhibitors; second drug is Saquinavir, an enzyme inhibitor; etc.].
P99 (v13n6)(Sept. 13, 1995): 23 (25cm.)
The AIDS dissenters. By Anna Olson.
P100 (v13n7)(Oct. 25, 1995): 8 (68cm.)
New drug released [in Canada; ganciclovir (Cytovene) capsules for oral treatment of CMV retinitis].
P101 (v13n8)(Dec. 6, 1995): 21 (11cm.)
From where I sit [comments about relative societal reactions to AIDS and Mad Cow Disease; etc.]. By Jeff Dodds.
P104 (v14n3)(April 24, 1996)[dated April 26 on contents page]: 5 (69cm.)
Home HIV test panned.
P105 (v14n4)(June 5, 1996): 22 (22cm.)
Editorial [pointing out, inter alia, news suggesting that AIDS cannot be defeated without dealing with homophobia and the other health issues plaguing gays/lesbians -- suicide, depression, substance abuse, etc.].
P106 (v14n5)(July 24, 1996): 3 (14cm.)
From where I sit: 11th International Conference on AIDS [report, with some emphasis on Canadian political and economic issues].
P106 (v14n5)(July 24, 1996): 5-7 (144cm.)
World AIDS Day [information on World AIDS Day; some Canadian issues; brief specific information on activities of Lethbridge AIDS Connection, the program manager of which is Phil Rauch].
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 13 (32cm.)
AIDS in the new Russia of the 1990s. By Gary Hanson.
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 7 (44cm.)
From where I sit [concerning the spread of AIDS through sharing needles; the reluctance of governments, including the Saskatchewan government, to act; large jump in Saskatchewan HIV infections in 1997, "the bulk...through shared needle use"; Saskatchewan government "has struck a committee" instead of acting; etc.]. By Jeff Dodds.
P121 (v16n4)(June 10, 1998): 4-5 (63cm.)
What the hell is safer barebacking?: an AIDS educator's take on the condomless sex debate. By Erin Scriven.
P129 (v17n4)(June 2, 1999): 7-8 (72cm.)
HIV home tests unreliable [according to warning issued by U.S. Federal Trade Commission].
P130 (v17n5)(July 28, 1999): 28 (16cm.)
HIV source challenged [lengthy news article concerning two new reports which present contradictory findings -- that HIV was accidentally man-made and that HIV has been in existence for a very long time, before recently becoming pandemic; many details given].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 24-25 (75cm.)
AIDS deaths decline slows [according to studies presented at National HIV Prevention Conference in the United States, decline may be reversing; details].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 27 (29cm.)
More advances in HIV treatment [report from San Francisco announcing new drugs].
P132 (v17n7)(Oct. 27, 1999): 28 (41cm.)
New study puzzling [report on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study regarding HIV transmission; some Vanguard Project (Vancouver, BC) results also presented; discussion specifically about risk associated with oral sex].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 26 (27cm.)
St. John's Wort worry [newsnote that two recent studies find St. John's Wort inhibits effectiveness of some drugs, including a drug used to control HIV].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 27 (10cm.)
Oral sex low risk [report of study from University of California at San Francisco suggesting that "it appears that the risk from oral sex for HIV is an order of magnitude lower than for anal sex"].
P147 (v19n6)(Sept. 12, 2001): 26 (27cm.)
HIV mutations detected [brief newsnote].
P148 (v19n7)[misnumbered v19n6 on contents page](Oct. 24, 2001): 24 (12cm.)
Talking about sex [study from Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta) "suggests that gay men would benefit from learning how to talk about sexual activities and HIV status"; study in January 2002 issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases; various details of study; some Canadian prevention workers "have become concerned about the narrow focus of telling gay men to always use a condom when engaging in certain sex acts"; other details and comments].
P151 (v20n2)(March 13, 2002): 26 (39cm.)
New and improved [newsnote on Kaletra, a new HIV-fighting drug, approved for sale last April].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 25 (9cm.)
Vaccine fails [report that preliminary results of first large-scale efficacy trial for preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine (AIDSVAX) were released Feb. 25/03; result showed "little reduction in HIV infection among the volunteer samples"; details and comments; number of other possible HIV vaccines are in trial; etc.].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 26 (35cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ALBERTA

More quarantines [Alberta government introduced amendments to Public Health Act permitting quarantine with respect to HIV; Don Orchard, Manitoba Health Minister, considering similar quarantine legislation; British Columbia law passed last January].
P42 (June 29, 1988): 10 (7cm.)
Quarantine legislation [passed in Alberta giving right to quarantine AIDS and HIV- positive individuals; joins BC, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, which have such legislation].
P47 (v7n2)(March 1, 1989): 7 (15cm.)
PWAs have rights [Alberta Human Rights inquiry ruled June 2 that firing employee because of AIDS a violation of human rights].
P50 (v7n5)(July 12, 1989): 7 (13cm.)
Affront to PLWA's [Alberta government MLAs blocked motion by Liberal member to recognize December 1 as World AIDS Day].
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 10 (20cm.)
AIDS guidelines [Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons issued new guidelines that HIV-positive doctors do not need to reveal status to their patients and co-workers and may continue to practise].
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 12 (10cm.)
Treatment = Life [Edmonton Persons Living With HIV Society produces briefing paper on issue of access to new AIDS medications in Alberta; major points of document and some recommendations given].
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 11 (20cm.)
Supporting AIDS [University of Alberta survey "indicates that Albertans are not as conservative about HIV education and condom distribution as one would expect"; some statistical details].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 13 (17cm.)
AIDS activist candidate [Ken Ward announces will run for chief of Enoch Cree Nation, west of Edmonton; has helped establish organizations such as Feather of Hope in Edmonton; etc.].
P145 (v19n4)(June 6, 2001): 14 (13cm.)
[First listing on Perceptions community pages ("In Your Area") for: HIV North Society, with a Grande Prairie address; phone, fax, and e-mail contacts also given].
P160 (v21n3)(April 16, 2003): 18 (1/2cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ALBERTA -- CALGARY

Calgary commentary [regarding Gordon Summer [Summers?] matter, in which Summer, HIV-positive, charged with aggravated assault for having unprotected sex with several hundred women and men; June trial]. By Joey Sayer.
P49 (v7n4)(May 31, 1989): 21-22 (38cm.)
A year in jail [Summers (or Summer?), HIV-positive, pleads guilty to "being a common nuisance"; two women refused to testify].
P51 (v7n6)(Aug. 23, 1989): 7-8 (14cm.)
"The AIDS Show" [will be staged by AIDS Calgary June 14-16 at Jubilee Auditorium; first performed under title "Artists Involved with Death and Survival" in San Francisco, 1984; description of show].
P57 (v8n4)(May 30, 1990): 9-10 (16cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ALBERTA -- EDMONTON

Lepers [report that several Edmonton churches refuse to join prayer vigil for AIDS victims]
P27 [1986]: 30 (8cm.)
Edmonton doctor misinforms teens [concerning Drs. Robert Ferland and Gerry Schwalfenberg addressing 200 teenagers and parents].
P33 (June 10, 1987): 12 (11cm.)
Policeman bitten [by person who knew he had AIDS virus; etc.].
P51 (v7n6)(Aug. 23, 1989): 7 (34cm.)
[Three AIDS-related newsnotes concerning Saskatchewan and Alberta]: Street workers [two street workers in Saskatoon began six-month program funded by Saskatchewan Health; etc.]; AIDS on the streets [Regina has also begun a program]; AIDS increase due [concerning the Edmonton situation].
P60 (v8n7)(Nov. 21, 1990)[dated Oct. 10/90 on cover]: 8 (70cm.)
Natives and AIDS [new organization "started in Edmonton to address AIDS within the Aboriginal community"; Feather of Hope Society].
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 9 (15cm.)
Teen protection [newsnote that Edmonton Board of Health is "trying to get high schools to install condom dispensers in school washrooms" despite school board opposition].
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 11 (9cm.)
Edmonton groups [planned September activities of AIDS Network of Edmonton, including starting up HIV & Gay Men's Group; also a workshop beginning in October titled "Being Gay in the 90's"].
P66 (v9n5)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n4](Aug. 14, 1991): 9 (22cm.)
Last-minute save [allows "HIV Edmonton to keep its door open and continue to provide services to 140 HIV-positive individuals as well as education to 10,000 people a year"; insurance problem; executive director, Sherry McKibben; etc.].
P167 (v22n2)[misnumbered v22n1 on contents page] (March 10, 2004): 9 (28cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ALBERTA -- LETHBRIDGE

Safer sex in Lethbridge [Program Director at Lethbridge AIDS Connection announces availability of the Rubberwear Party in Lethbridge; AIDS education said not to be easy task in area because of limited resources and support, but mention that Lethbridge does have Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA), and University of Lethbridge campus group, Lambda; goals for AIDS education program; etc.].
P78 (v11n1)(Jan. 27, 1993): 12-13 (34cm.)
World AIDS Day [information on World AIDS Day; some Canadian issues; brief specific information on activities of Lethbridge AIDS Connection, the program manager of which is Phil Rauch].
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 13 (32cm.)
New name, new focus [Lethbridge AIDS Connection in process of changing name to Lethbridge HIV Connection; focus of group changing; group incorporated in 1988; some details].
P125 (v16n8)(Dec. 9, 1998): 12 (19cm.)
New director [Les Smolicky replaces Phil Rauch as director of Lethbridge AIDS Connection; Rauch has become director of Central Alberta AIDS Network; etc.].
P134 (v18n1)(Jan. 26, 2000): 11 (11cm.)
New project [Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge and Area (GALA/LA) have applied to Alberta Community Council on HIV for grant to address HIV/AIDS in the community; also earlier-funded project, "First Contact Youth Project," continues; COLOURS youth group has resumed active schedule].
P157 (v20n8)(Dec. 4, 2002): 10 (15cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- BRITISH COLUMBIA

Quarantine bill protested [concerning B.C.'s Bill 34, about AIDS; despite protests bill became law January 8, 1988]. By Richard Banner/Angles.
P38 (Jan. 13, 1988): 34-35 (55cm.)
PWAs to pay for AZT drugs [part of bill to be paid by patients in British Columbia].
P40 (April 13, 1988): 29 (18cm.)
More quarantines [Alberta government introduced amendments to Public Health Act permitting quarantine with respect to HIV; Don Orchard, Manitoba Health Minister, considering similar quarantine legislation; British Columbia law passed last January].
P42 (June 29, 1988): 10 (7cm.)
Collection notice sent [BC is "only place in Canada where people are billed for...AZT"; Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital sent out bills warning that collection agency would be used; Vancouver PWA Coalition earlier launched discrimination suit, due to go to BC Supreme Court].
P48 (v7n3)(April 12, 1989): 8-9 (25cm.)
AIDS video killed [BC premier Bill Vander Zalm bans acclaimed AIDS video directed to teenagers].
P51 (v7n6)(Aug. 23, 1989): 9 (14cm.)
Major step forward [after increasing criticism of BC Social Credit government of Bill Vander Zalm regarding inaction on AIDS, some changes announced on April 15, 1991 -- AZT and other drugs free; some money for establishment of Centre for Excellence for AIDS Research; etc.].
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 18 (42cm.)
Act Up West [three members of Act Up Vancouver arrested protesting against Social Credit government inaction on AIDS].
P66 (v9n5)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n4](Aug. 14, 1991): 12 (8cm.)
Conference boycott [of 1996 XIth International AIDS Conference (Vancouver) called for by Coalition of British Columbia AIDS Organizations because of disappointment with levels of B.C. government AIDS funding].
P89 (v12n4)(June 8, 1994): 20-21 (21cm.)
Ignorance no excuse [BC Court of Appeal says existing law cannot be used to compel disclosure of HIV status to partner nor to ensure safe sex by either partner; Henry Cuerrier, HIV-positive, had been charged after having unprotected sex with two women; details and comments].
P110 (v15n1)(Jan. 29, 1997): 24 (24cm.)
BC HIV rates drop [1998 statistics; other details].
P130 (v17n5)(July 28, 1999): 26 (28cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- BRITISH COLUMBIA -- VANCOUVER

Homosexuals fear law [Vancouver alderman, Ralph Caravetta, says "concept of quarantining people with AIDS ought not to be discarded"].
P34 (July 22, 1987): 29 (12cm.)
New drug in trials [Vancouver first centre in North America to test acemannan, the active ingredient in the aloe plant].
P63 (v9n2)(March 6, 1991): 17 (20cm.)
Memorial delayed [Vancouver Parks Board reconsiders earlier decision to have AIDS memorial in Stanley Park; decision follows BCTV poll; etc.].
P110 (v15n1)(Jan. 29, 1997): 25 (17cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- CANADA

AIDS workshop [reporting on Gay Men's Evening for Concerns at the Affirm national meeting in August]. By Malcolm.
P5 (1983): 12 (21cm.)
AIDS: an update [providing considerable amount of Canadian (B.C. and Ontario) news, drawn from four periodicals].
P23 [1986]: 25-26 (63cm.)
AIDS: an update [primarily general Canadian and specifically Saskatchewan and B.C. information; includes section of questions regarding AIDS discrimination, with answers by solicitor of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission]. By Neil Richards.
P24 [1986]: 9, 11-12 (103cm.)
AIDS: an update [primarily report of business meeting of Canadian AIDS Society, Toronto, July 26-27, 1986]. By Roger Carriere.
P26 [1986]: 13 (28cm.)
In Canada [certain Canadian PWAs will be able to use AZT if can find US doctor to treat them]. From The Body Politic.
P28 [1986]: 11 (8cm.)
AIDS -- am I safe? [report of information from a Canadian AIDS Society conference, Ottawa]. By Dave B., member of board of AIDS Saskatoon.
P31 (March 11, 1987): 3 (32 cm.)
AIDS conference [report on Canadian AIDS conference; comments of Michael Phair, chairman of Canadian AIDS Society]. From The Sunday Herald, March 1/87.
P31 (March 11, 1987): 29 (34cm.)
Western Canada AIDS groups meet [in Regina, March 19-20; groups included AIDS Saskatoon; representatives also from Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, and Winnipeg; report on meeting]. By Roger Carriere.
P32 (April 29, 1987): 30 (27cm.)
Public wants more sex information [Gallup poll shows Canadian approval of ads on AIDS and STD prevention; etc.].
P34 (July 22, 1987): 11 (10cm.)
AIDS policy adopted [3-line note that the "Canadian Teachers' Federation has adopted an AIDS policy that backs the rights of infected students to attend regular classes"].
P34 (July 22, 1987): 29 (1 1/2cm.)
Evangelist's claim misinformed [Jack Van Impe, Baptist pastor, accused medical community of AIDS cover-ups; "The AIDS Cover-up" aired in Hamilton and London, Ontario; workshop on supposed cover-up held at recent Victorious Women conference in Saskatoon].
P36 (Oct. 21, 1987): 29 (18cm.)
Canadian insurers and AIDS [Charles Black, of Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, says persons exposed to HIV "should continue to be denied individual health and life insurance"].
P37 (Dec. 1, 1987): 28 (12cm.)
Transmission of AIDS slowing down?? [in Canada; a number of researchers say transmission appears to be slowing].
P40 (April 13, 1988): 29-30 (16cm.)
AIDS Action Now [magazine Rites reports apparent success of AIDS Action Now! for release of drug, aerosolized pentamidine, in Canada; etc.] From newsnotes compiled by Neil Richards.
P41 (May 18, 1988): 29-30 (21cm.)
Toronto AIDS conference [report; three Saskatoon representatives attended "first" Canadian conference on AIDS, Toronto, May 15-18, 1988]. By Erin Shoemaker, Co-ordinator, AIDS Saskatoon.
P42 (June 29, 1988): 4-5 (56cm.)
Drug coverage requested [from Saskatchewan government]; grant sought [by AIDS Regina from city council for AIDS-related community work]; more $$ for AIDS [announced by federal Health Minister Jake Epp]; AIDS statistics [for Canada and Saskatchewan]. Compiled by Neil Richards.
P42 (June 29, 1988): 28-30 (77cm.)
Our health [newsnotes: Regina Board of Health rejects request for city funds to distribute AIDS pamphlet; Foundation for Immune Diseases establishes office in Vancouver to fight for AIDS funding; Canadian Public Health Association recommends mandatory HIV-positive reporting; etc.]. Compiled by Neil Richards.
P43 (Aug. 10, 1988): 28-31 (110cm.)
Our health: AIDS spreads worldwide; Ribavirin study in Saskatoon; vaccine being developed [Hamilton, Ont. report] [being three separate newsnotes from various sources].
P46 (v7n1)(Jan. 18, 1989):18 (63cm.)
AIDS drug released [federal Health Protection Branch "has announced that all experimental AIDS drugs are now eligible to be released to doctors on compassionate grounds...."].
P47 (v7n2)(March 1, 1989): 3-4 (80cm.)
Our health: AZT delays AIDS [according to U.S. study]; AIDS drugs approval ["fast- track" review of new possibilities by Health and Welfare Canada]. Source: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
P51 (v7n6)(Aug. 23, 1989): 18 (32cm.)
AIDS Awareness Week [declared for Oct. 15-21 "in many parts of Canada"; AIDS Saskatoon and AIDS Regina plans outlined].
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 9 (15cm.)
Study cancelled [into use of drug Ribavirin in early-stage treatment (see P46:18 for earlier announcement of study); effectiveness and availability of AZT].
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 9 (23cm.)
$25,000 award [to Gilles Fontaine for lost wages and "hurt feelings" by federal human rights tribunal; Fontaine had been fired from job as cook with Canadian Pacific Railway road gang when boss found he had AIDS virus].
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 7 (13cm.)
Our health: hopes for drug [dextran sulphate as AIDS treatment, by University of Saskatchewan researchers]; drug available [experimental drug, DDI, available in Canada to AIDS patients].
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 22 (30cm.)
Our health [collection of newsnotes, Canadian and international, including] HIV's may not get AIDS; AIDS killer [AIDS has become leading cause of death for Toronto residents 25-44]; Unsafe sex [Vancouver survey]; Vaccine possible? [Tulane University research, etc.].
P54 (v8n1)(Jan. 17, 1990): 22 (55cm.)
Leadership on AIDS [Canadian AIDS Society calls for federal leadership on AIDS issue; dissatisfaction expressed with development of national strategy; areas where government should act quickly; etc.].
P56 [misnumbered 55] (v8n3)(April 11, 1990): 12, 17 (29cm.)
New drug available [Ganciclovir (Cytovene) is now being sold in Canada].
P56 [misnumbered 55] (v8n3)(April 11, 1990): 22 (10cm.)
Ontario successes [Ontario AIDS activists finally having some success in lobbying Ontario and federal governments on a number of AIDS issues].
P57 (v8n4)(May 30, 1990): 12 (34cm.)
An eloquent tribute [nearly 9000 saw the Canadian NAMES Project quilt while it was on display in Edmonton; NAMES Project began in 1987 in San Francisco; "the Canadian organization, The NAMES Project Foundation -- Halifax, began in 1988 and the Quilt has been seen by more than 60,000 Canadians"; etc.].
P58 (v8n5)(July 11, 1990): 10 (29cm.)
At last a strategy ["more than ten years after the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic and the death of more than 2,200 people in Canada, the federal government has announced their long-awaited National AIDS Strategy"; Health Minister Perrin Beatty; some highlights; report says a number of issues left unaddressed; etc]. By Gens Hellquist.
P58 (v8n5)(July 11, 1990): 11-12 (72cm.)
AZT approved [federal Health Department has given approval for sale of AZT by prescription from pharmacies; drug has been used in AIDS treatment in Canada since 1986; currently about 7500 receive it through hospital clinical trials; cost is causing concern; etc.].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 19 (31cm.)
Vaccine to be tested [University of Ottawa virologist has completed first year of experiments with possible AIDS vaccine; Dr. Yong Kang].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 21 (24cm.)
Ruling upheld [Federal Court of Appeal upholds Canadian Human Rights Commission decision that CP Rail discriminated against Gilles Fontaine by firing him as cook when learned he had AIDS].
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 9 (15cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [including information on percentage of HIV-positive gay men in Toronto, with an estimate for the prairies; emphasis on need to support AIDS services]. By Ralph Wushke, executive director of AIDS Saskatoon.
P67 (v9n6)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n5](Sept. 25, 1991): 6 (46cm.)
New drug approved [on October 9, announcement of approval by federal health minister of marketing of didanosine (DDI), used to treat advanced AIDS; etc.].
P68 (v9n7)(Nov. 6, 1991): 18-19 (15cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective: The Canadian AIDS Society, a strong national movement [report on Canadian AIDS Society annual general meeting, Halifax, May 21-24, 1992; for first time Saskatchewan has member on CAS Board of Directors - Bruce Garman of Saskatoon; also Drew Ferarri of Calgary]. By Ralph Wushke.
P73 (v10n4)(June 10, 1992): 5 (34cm.)
Banning PLWHIV/AIDS ["federal government does not appear willing to remove restrictions on people who are HIV positive coming into Canada"; report of case of New Yorker refused entry; etc.]
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 21 (12cm.)
HIV rates dropping [University of Western Ontario professor estimates new cases at 300 per month compared with 1200 in 1985; caution against complacency; also claim that number of AIDS cases underestimated].
P78 (v11n1)(Jan. 27, 1993): 21 (11cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective: AIDS movement funding crisis [on March 31, 1993, the current mandate for all federal AIDS funding in Canada runs out; government has not acted; etc.]. By Ralph Wushke.
P79 (v11n2)(March 10, 1993): 5 (31cm.)
No word on AIDS funding [from federal government; organizations waiting to hear if can continue work].
P79 (v11n2)(March 10, 1993): 14 (34cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective: "Survey says..." [in which author presents statistics on AIDS and HIV among gay and bisexual men; announces public release of "Men's survey '91" on May 6; calls for vigilance in rooting out homophobia in community-based AIDS organizations; need for AIDS/safer sex education, with attention to gay youth; etc.]. By Ralph Wushke.
P80 (v11n3)(April 21, 1993): 9 (34cm.)
Canadian AIDS Society AGM [annual general meeting, held in Montreal, May 21-23; report]. By Ralph Wushke.
P81 (v11n4)(June 9, 1993): 6 (30cm.)
Strong Lives; Strong Communities -- AIDS Awareness Week, October 4-10, 1993 [third annual AIDS Awareness Week, headed by Canadian AIDS Society and its member organizations; focus this year; other details].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 7 (24cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [author reports on address of federal Minister of Health, Diane Marleau, to an HIV/AIDS conference in Toronto, late November 1993]. By Ralph Wushke.
P85 (v11n8)(Dec. 8, 1993): 10 (33cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [article discussing the ongoing attempt to obtain disability coverage for HIV-positive employees of community-based AIDS organizations; topic of major concern for some time in Canadian AIDS Society; author's opinions on this issue]. By Ralph Wushke.
P87 (v12n2)(March 9, 1994): 10 (31cm.)
No insurance [many AIDS service organizations in Canada finding it difficult to obtain group insurance for employees; Canadian AIDS Society calls on federal and provincial governments to provide coverage; etc.].
P88 (v12n3)(April 27, 1994): 21 (25cm.)
AIDS Awareness Week [once again coordinated by Canadian AIDS Society; October 3-9, 1994; this year will focus on youth issues surrounding AIDS; etc.].
P91 (v12n6)(Sept. 14, 1994): 22 (24cm.)
Canada Has AIDS [new marketing strategy to be unveiled in October by Canadian AIDS Society; intended to highlight work that community-based AIDS organizations do; strategy has tag line "Canada Has AIDS"; some details].
P91 (v12n6)(Sept. 14, 1994): 22 (27cm.)
AIDS awareness theme [Canadian AIDS Society has announced theme, Homophobia and HIV/AIDS, for 1995 AIDS Awareness Week to be held Oct. 2-8; slogan for campaign: "It takes more than condoms to fight AIDS. It takes your acceptance and understanding"].
P98 (v13n5)(July 26, 1995): 22 (24cm.)
AIDS Awareness Week [October 2-8, 1995; Canadian AIDS Society has coordinated this national education and awareness week since 1991; CAS also about to launch Canada Has AIDS television commercial campaign].
P99 (v13n6)(Sept. 13, 1995): 20 (53cm.)
Criminalizing HIV transmission [Yorkton-Melville MP Garry Breitkreuz introduces Bill C-354 to House of Commons to criminalize transmission of virus; reactions].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 11 (23cm.)
AIDS stamp announced [postage stamp].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 20 (10cm.)
Too much for AIDS? [critics complain Ottawa spending too much on AIDS].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 21 (27cm.)
AIDS strategy ending [concern about federal Liberal government's commitment to AIDS funding; activists preparing for fight; details].
P104 (v14n3)(April 24, 1996)[dated April 26 on contents page]: 20 (48cm.)
From where I sit: 11th International Conference on AIDS [report, with some emphasis on Canadian political and economic issues].
P106 (v14n5)(July 24, 1996): 5-7 (144cm.)
AIDS treatment information [Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) is providing twelve-hour-a-day toll-free information line and a Web site for HIV/AIDS information].
P107 (v14n6)(Sept. 11, 1996): 19 (18cm.)
AIDS Awareness Week [September 30 to October 6, 1996].
P107 (v14n6)(Sept. 11, 1996): 21 (26cm.)
Parolee status no secret [Corrections Services Canada criticized for revealing status of HIV-positive parolees to their sexual partners; details].
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 23 (23cm.)
Support for AIDS funding [shown in Insight Research Canada poll conducted in August for the Canadian AIDS Society; details].
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 21 (47cm.)
All I want for Christmas [in which author emphasizes the importance of federal and provincial funding for AIDS community groups, and for organizations like Gay & Lesbian Health Services]. By Gens Hellquist.
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 5 (45cm.)
Lobbying intensifies [AIDS organizations across the country have increased lobbying efforts on Liberal government to renew National AIDS Strategy, due to expire March 1997; details].
P109 (v14n8) (Dec. 4, 1996): 20 (51cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS [Kingston General Hospital's HIV Ford Clinic study shows most lesbians not practising safer sex; study of 111 women; details].
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 21 (27cm.)
From where I sit [reporting on survey of Saskatchewan candidates in upcoming federal election concerning their position on National AIDS Strategy and its renewal]. By Jeff Dodds.
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 5 (38cm.)
Public squabble [between AIDS Saskatoon (executive director: Jeff Dodds) and Saskatoon MP Georgette Sheridan regarding information about National AIDS Strategy].
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 14 (24cm.)
Caution urged [by Canadian AIDS Society in interpretation of new information on state of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Canada; details].
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 25 (21cm.)
N.A.S. renewal promised [after intense lobbying, federal Liberals announce that would renew National AIDS Strategy for another five years; promise contained in Liberals' Red Book].
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 27 (21cm.)
Good news on AIDS front [new federal health minister Allan Rock confirms he will renew National AIDS Strategy; work also to be done on Phase III].
P114 (v15n5)(July 30, 1997): 24 (22cm.)
AIDS Walk Canada [multimedia campaign launched August 19; the Walk is a project of the Canadian AIDS Society; launch held in Toronto, with Mark Tewksbury and David Burnham lending their celebrity status in support].
P115 (v15n6)(Sept. 10, 1997): 12 (29cm.)
Inhumane treatment [inquiry over 1996 AIDS death of prisoner, William Bell; jury of Kingston residents determined death warranted sweeping changes in Corrections Services Canada management of such matters; details].
P116 (v15n7)(Oct. 22, 1997): 28 (29cm.)
From where I sit [from starting point of release of Krever Commission report into Canadian blood supply, author addresses more general government inaction, including insufficient action with respect to AIDS]. By Jeff Dodds.
P117 (v15n8)(Dec. 3, 1997): 4-5 (59cm.)
Epidemic growing [Dr. Donald Sutherland, HIV Bureau director in Health Canada, warns of "a growing complacency around HIV and AIDS"; other details].
P121 (v16n4)(June 10, 1998): 13 (21cm.)
Details of [Canadian] AIDS Strategy announced [on May 28/98 by Health Minister Allan Rock; details].
P121 (v16n4)(June 10, 1998): 24 (34cm.)
Walks across the Prairies [announcing Sept. 27 as AIDS WALK CANADA '98 day, with some general background information, list of some corporate sponsors; appeal for volunteers; etc.].
P123 (v16n6)(Sept. 16, 1998): 10 (23cm.)
Dangerous precedent [Canadian AIDS Society and Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network concerned about Sept. 3 Supreme Court decision in R v. Cuerrier, ruling that it is a criminal offence for HIV-positive person to engage in consensual sex without disclosing HIV status; case had involved man having sex with two women without informing them he was HIV-positive].
P123 (v16n6)(Sept. 16, 1998): 22 (42cm.)
We're all infected [reporting that number of people dying of AIDS has dropped, but number of undiagnosed HIV infections could be substantial; further details; AIDS Awareness Week slogan this year is "AIDS. We're All Affected"].
P125 (v16n8)(Dec. 9, 1998): 22 (32cm.)
Controversial AIDS charity [article warning donors to be certain of legitimacy of organization one is donating to; issue of Pediatric AIDS Canada, which continues to canvass despite RCMP investigation and concerns by Canada's two leading AIDS groups; some financial and other details about the organization and its activities].
P130 (v17n5)(July 28, 1999): 25 (20cm.)
HIV/AIDS skills building [announcement and some details of 2nd Canadian HIV/AIDS Skills Building Symposium to take place in Winnipeg, November 12-15, 1999].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 10 (15cm.)
Reformers disagree on AIDS [Cliff Breitkreuz, Alberta Reform Party MP, said that gay AIDS patients should go to the back of the line; Ian McClelland, another Reform Party MP, disagrees; details].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 11 (14cm.)
You can't scare me [concerning rising HIV infection rates, safer sex, condomless intercourse; gay men's sexual behaviors are "part of the complex realities of trying to survive in a hostile environment..."; need for more open discussion; etc.]. By Gens Hellquist.
P139 (v18n6)(Sept. 13, 2000): 4-5 (80cm.)
. See also Lili Hillman letter of correction and comment, P140 (v18n7)(Oct. 25, 2000): 10
The first step [article discussing various aspects of AIDS Walk Canada; this is the sixth annual walk; is "the country's largest single day for HIV/AIDS fund-raising and awareness"; list of funding companies; how the Walk works in terms of pledges; details of local Walks, including those in Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg, and in Alberta].
P139 (v18n6)(Sept. 13, 2000): 9-10 (75cm.)
HIV rates on the increase [announcement of new statistics released by Health Canada on HIV spread between 1996 and 1999; some brief mention of specific data; author concentrates discussion on social issues related to the statistics, pointing out assumptions and proposing some actions]. By Jeff Dodds.
P141 (v18n8)(Dec. 6, 2000): 6-7, 10 (73cm.)
Valuing gay men's lives [National Reference Group released strategy document on June 14 at Federal, Provincial, Territorial Advisory Committee on AIDS/HIV meeting in Winnipeg; project to create strategy to revitalize HIV prevention for Canadian gay men was under administration of Gay and Lesbian Health Services, Saskatoon; strategy document makes 32 recommendations regarding health of gay men; the document, "Valuing Gay Men's Lives: Reinvigorating HIV Prevention in the Context of Our Health and Wellness," available from HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse and from Gay and Lesbian Health Services, and is electronically downloadable from GLHS Web site].
P146 (v19n5)(Aug. 1, 2001): 14 (45cm.)
HIV rates continue to rise [Health Canada confirms, in a report recently released, that infection rates in gay community continue to rise; details].
P149 (v19n8)(Dec. 5, 2001): 27 (31cm.)
You have to shake your head at times [in which author relates personal experience at a Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS meeting called by Health Canada; his reaction to the lack of representation or acknowledgement of gay men, who figure so significantly in this disease]. By Gens Hellquist.
P152 (v20n3)(April 24, 2002): 4, 8 (77cm.)
AIDS Walk Canada [including details of plans for AIDS Walk in Saskatoon, this year being co-ordinated by Gay and Lesbian Health Services rather than AIDS Saskatoon; other details, including some background, Walk details, mention of some local sponsors, and contacts for Walks in other prairie cities].
P155 (v20n6)(Sept. 11, 2002): 11-12 (51cm.)
'Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.' Get real! [author discusses HIV/AIDS in Canada, criticizes the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS, suggests the need for governments to focus on HIV prevention among gay men and on overall health of our community]. By Jeff Dodds.
P158 (v21n1)[cover misnumbered v201](Jan. 22, 2003): 7-8 (55cm.)
Prevention project to begin [Gay and Lesbian Health Services has "received final approval to begin their new men's HIV prevention project," which was supposed to have begun on April 1, 2003; project will be based on work done in Australia and the United Kingdom; studies show that HIV prevention must be done in context of broader issues; some plans regarding project].
P161 (v21n4)(May 28, 2003): 14 (33cm.)
Positively illegal sex [Supreme Court of Canada has made ruling "that could be interpreted in a way that could criminalize HIV-positive people who have sex without disclosing their sero-positive status to their sex partners"; details and reaction].
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 25 (17cm.)
HIV/AIDS still rising ["so far 56,000 people have tested positive for HIV in Canada since the epidemic surfaced more than 20 years ago. Experts estimate there may be as many as 15,000 additional people with HIV who haven't been tested to date"; forty percent of new infections in 2002 were in gay community; other details, including government funding issues for the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS].
P166 (v22n1)(Jan. 28, 2004): 28-29 (42cm.)
New HIV campaign stalled [first Canadian national AIDS prevention campaign halted because Pattison and Astral Media, Canada's largest outdoor advertising companies, have refused to run "the provocative billboard ads aimed at gay men"; details].
P170 (v22n5)(July 21, 2004): 28 (18cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- CANADA -- PRAIRIE PROVINCES

See also separate subdivisions for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and also further subdivisions within these geographical units
The changing face of AIDS [general introduction followed by prairie emphasis]. By Gens Hellquist.
P60 (v8n7)(Nov. 21, 1990)[dated Oct. 10/90 on cover]: 4-5 (127cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [concerning the issue of AIDS in rural areas, small towns and cities across the Canadian prairies]. By Ralph Wushke.
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 7 (45cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [concerning, particularly, the need to practice safer sex and the importance of not shunning, but supporting, those who are HIV-positive]. By Ralph Wushke.
P63 (v9n2)(March 6, 1991): 8 (61cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [discussing counselling and support service issues related to AIDS/HIV in the prairie provinces]. By Ralph Wushke, executive director of AIDS Saskatoon.
P65 (v9n4)(June 12, 1991): 8 (58cm.)
AIDS Awareness [report on planned events in Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary, and Edmonton to celebrate national AIDS Awareness Week, October 7-13, 1991].
P67 (v9n6)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n5](Sept. 25, 1991): [7] (56cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [concerning work plans being prepared by AIDS Saskatoon and other prairie AIDS service organizations for funding from Canadian government to assist in AIDS/HIV issues]. By Ralph Wushke.
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 7 (47cm.)
; with correction of concluding sentences in P84:9
Calendar: Events, AIDS Awareness Week [listing dates and venues of October activities in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg (indexer note: listing in the index of this Calendar item is one of a few exceptions to policy of not indexing Calendar entries of Perceptions)].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 16 (18cm.)
Gay men's outreach [representatives from seven prairie AIDS organizations met in Saskatoon Nov. 27 and 28, 1993 to discuss educating gay men about HIV/AIDS; representative from Canadian AIDS Society and from Colectivo Sol, a Mexico City AIDS organization also present; summary of discussions].
P85 (v11n8)(Dec. 8, 1993): 13-14 (43cm.)
Prairie AIDS walk [October 1 was day to walk for AIDS in Canada; information on walks held in Calgary, Winnipeg, Regina, and Edmonton; Saskatoon's walk traditionally in June].
P100 (v13n7)(Oct. 25, 1995): 11 (31cm.)
Making a difference [Saskatoon hosted interprovincial prairie HIV/AIDS conference in May; more than 140 attended; workshop presenters from across Canada; details].
P105 (v14n4)(June 5, 1996): 12 (28cm.)
Walks across the Prairies [announcing Sept. 27 as AIDS WALK CANADA '98 day, with some general background information, list of some corporate sponsors; appeal for volunteers; etc.].
P123 (v16n6)(Sept. 16, 1998): 10 (23cm.)
AIDS Walks successful [reporting primarily on Saskatoon's September 26 AIDS Walk, with some details of Walks in Regina, Edmonton, and Calgary].
P132 (v17n7)(Oct. 27, 1999): 12 (23cm.)
The first step [article discussing various aspects of AIDS Walk Canada; this is the sixth annual walk; is "the country's largest single day for HIV/AIDS fund-raising and awareness"; list of funding companies; how the Walk works in terms of pledges; details of local Walks, including those in Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg, and in Alberta].
P139 (v18n6)(Sept. 13, 2000): 9-10 (75cm.)
Walking for AIDS [report on planning and details of AIDS Walk in Saskatoon, September 21; Gens Hellquist says, "HIV and AIDS is in danger of falling off the radar....Many people assume with the new drugs that the crisis is over. However we know of a number of new HIV diagnoses in our community in the past year"; he says 4,500 to 5,000 Canadians infected each year; list of other prairie centres holding walks, with contact information -- Regina, AIDS Walk Manitoba, Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Red Deer].
P163 (v21n6)(Sept. 10, 2003): 11 (39cm.)
. See also display advertisement for AIDS Walk Saskatoon, p. [32] (full page, back cover)

AIDS AND HIV -- MANITOBA

More quarantines [Alberta government introduced amendments to Public Health Act permitting quarantine with respect to HIV; Don Orchard, Manitoba Health Minister, considering similar quarantine legislation; British Columbia law passed last January].
P42 (June 29, 1988): 10 (7cm.)
Centre wins grant [two grants received -- $22000 from federal Health Department for AIDS prevention programs and $5400 from Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, which will be used "to record gay and lesbian history in Manitoba prior to 1970," for which period a survey of the Manitoba Gay/Lesbian Archives found gaps.
P54 (v8n1)(Jan. 17, 1990): 8 (29cm.)
Women and AIDS [conference planned for Winnipeg November 29 and 30; summary of planned events].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 10 (25cm.)
No education please [some Thompson, Manitoba parents angry about educational workshop on AIDS presented by Rick Koebel, a member of Winnipeg's Body Positive Coalition].
P61(v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 11 (27cm.)
Profiles [about Rick Koebel, member of the Body Positive Coalition, Winnipeg; involved in AIDS awareness education]. By Harry.
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 6-7 (79cm.)
Fighting to live [newsnote that Winnipeg man with AIDS has been fighting to get access to drug DDI; can smuggle it in from US, but too expensive for him and drug not readily available here].
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 11 (15cm.)
Women loving women ["the Lesbian and AIDS Project 'Women Loving Women' in Winnipeg is first project funded in Canada to provide safe sex programs specifically to lesbians"; first workshop last spring; Thanksgiving weekend workshop, which resulted in production of workshop manual available through National Clearinghouse of Health and Welfare Canada; etc.].
P69 (v9n8)[misnumbered on cover as v9n7](Dec. 18, 1991): 8 (40cm.)
Benefit raises $40,000 [second annual Winnipeg Cares -- An AIDS Benefit for Village Clinic].
P75 (v10n6)(Sept. 16, 1992): 12 (8cm.)
AIDS education disappointing [Manitoba students reported not be be impressed by level of education in schools re AIDS and sex; head of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre agrees, fears lack of explicit AIDS information could lead to teen deaths; Joyce Martin, co-ordinator in Manitoba Education Dept. claims curriculum is providing necessary information].
P86 (v12n1)(Jan. 26, 1994)[cover date Jan. 24/94]: 12 (17cm.)
Churches address AIDS [50 people from ten denominations discuss AIDS, response to those who are HIV-positive and families, aboriginal issues, etc., at Fifth Assembly of the Association of Christian Churches in Manitoba].
P87 (v12n2)(March 9, 1994): 12 (20cm.)
Anti-homophobia project [directed at health-care volunteers and professionals who serve gays/lesbians living with HIV/AIDS; $155,000 (corrected to "approximately $115,000" at P98:29) over 30 months provided to Winnipeg Gay/Lesbian Resource Centre for this purpose; etc.].
P97 (v13n4)(June 7, 1995): 14 (27cm.)
Fighting AIDS with comic book [in Winnipeg; Deadly Desires produced by the Committee on Unplanned Pregnancy, a coalition of community groups; aimed at 14- to 24-year-olds].
P100 (v13n7)(Oct. 25, 1995): 12 (17cm.)
Provincial AIDS strategy [private member's resolution tabled in Manitoba legislature calling for provincial AIDS strategy].
P103 (v14n2)(March 13, 1996): 19 (12cm.)
AIDS directory [published for Manitoba; title is 1st HIV/AIDS Provincial Resource Directory].
P105 (v14n4)(June 5, 1996): 12 (17cm.)
AIDS forum [newsnote that member agencies of Saskatchewan AIDS Network (SAN) and Manitoba AIDS Coalition (MAC) will gather in Winnipeg May 21-24, 1998 for HIV/AIDS Skills Building and Sustainability Forum; first time two provincial groups have worked together on this kind of venture].
P120 (v16n3)(April 29, 1998): 20 (10cm.)
If your friends jumped out of a plane...[Winnipeg report on sixth year of Icarus skydiving event in Manitoba; large amount of money raised goes to Village Clinic's Emergency Assistance Fund and outreach programs; money for fight against AIDS; in last six years over $100,000 raised].
P146 (v19n5)(Aug. 1, 2001): 19 (24cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- MANITOBA -- WINNIPEG

Winnipeg's Nine Circles [Nine Circles Community Health Centre "brings together a number of community organizations addressing HIV/AIDS issues"; details, including names of a number of the groups].
P134 (v18n1)(Jan. 26, 2000): 9 (24cm.)
Sunshine House ["a new safe-house for people with HIV opened its doors in January" in Winnipeg; new house replaces the Living Room, which closed two years ago; brief details].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 13 (11cm.)
Hospice plans still alive [for AIDS hospice in Winnipeg; Manitoba AIDS Hospice Inc. established in 1997; "project is once again back on track"; it is hoped hospice "will be open no later than the fall of 2002"].
P147 (v19n6)(Sept. 12, 2001): 19-20 (28cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- MEXICO

See MEXICO

AIDS AND HIV -- NOVA SCOTIA

Chaos in the classroom [Eric Smith forced from teaching position with Shelburne County (N.S.) district school board when his HIV-positive condition became public knowledge; ongoing fight to return to classroom].
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 12, 17 (23cm.)
Not going back [Eric Smith "forced out of his classroom in 1987" when it was found he was HIV-positive, is giving up battle to return to classroom -- has reconsidered because of stress and threats of violence].
P65 (v9n4)(June 12, 1991): 17 (28cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- NOVA SCOTIA -- HALIFAX

Three years in jail [Scott Wentzell "charged with giving AIDS to another person"].
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 17 (14cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ONTARIO

Quarantine called for [Ontario medical health officers propose "that HIV-positive people be held against their will in hospitals if it is decided that they are having sex which they determine is unsafe"; etc.].
P56 [misnumbered 55] (v8n3)(April 11, 1990): 11-12 (27cm.)
Ontario successes [Ontario AIDS activists finally having some success in lobbying Ontario and federal governments on a number of AIDS issues].
P57 (v8n4)(May 30, 1990): 12 (34cm.)
Rae promise[s] drugs [announcement in November 1994 by Ontario NDP government for "a catastrophic drug plan"; expected details will not be released until election call; etc.].
P94 (v13n1)(Jan. 25, 1995): 20 (25cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS [Kingston General Hospital's HIV Ford Clinic study shows most lesbians not practising safer sex; study of 111 women; details].
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 21 (27cm.)
Is it up or down? [University of Toronto research indicates rate of HIV transmission among gay men is up; Ottawa-Carleton Health Department says Ottawa numbers down; details].
P139 (v18n6)(Sept. 13, 2000): 26 (23cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ONTARIO -- OTTAWA

Hospital being sued [André Doiron, who is HIV-positive, suing Ottawa Civic Hospital and three doctors; claims given inferior heart valve when it was learned he was HIV-positive; details].
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 23 (32cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- ONTARIO -- TORONTO

In Toronto ["some Metro Toronto Separate School Board trustees and staff...vehemently opposed to instructing students in the use of condoms...to prevent the spread of AIDS"; Harold Adams, one trustee, is against; Donald Clune in favour]. From Globe and Mail.
P30 [misnumbered 29] [1987]: 11-12 (13cm.)
Workplace & AIDS ["Metro Toronto adopted a policy June 23 aimed at preventing AIDS-related discrimination and harassment among its 25,000 employees"; budgeted amount also aimed at general public].
P36 (Oct. 21, 1987): 28 (7 cm.)
No charity for AIDS [owners of Second Cup chain have ordered a Church Street, Toronto, store, in heart of gay village, to remove Toronto PWA Foundation donation jar; claims this is not homophobia; etc.].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 18 (24cm.)
AIDS walk controversy [Toronto's major fundraiser for AIDS organizations, From All Walks of Life (FAWOL), runs into controversy over a corporate sponsor -- Toronto Sun newspaper was signed on as sponsor, but has "a long history of homophobia"; etc.].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 14 (35cm.)
AIDS #2 killer [Toronto public health department reports AIDS is second only to heart disease as killer of Toronto men; still 500 to 600 new HIV cases reported in Toronto each year, reflecting high level of unsafe sex].
P96 (v13n3)(April 26, 1995): 28 (10cm.)
Aids Walk controversy [one AIDS organization, AIDS Action Now, withdrew from Toronto Walk in protest against sponsorship by drug company, Glaxo Wellcome; details].
P116 (v15n7)(Oct. 22, 1997): 24 (21cm.)
Councillor causes a stir [recent Toronto criminal trial of "escort agency that allegedly employed women who were HIV-positive"; comments made by openly-gay councillor, Kyle Rae, in response to issues at this trial; arguments over release to health department of names of any customers who may have been in contact; "messy debate about sound health policy and the prevention of HIV disease"; etc.].
P132 (v17n7)(Oct. 27, 1999): 23 (51cm.)
Condom Country -- victory? [Toronto report that Philip-Morris, the cigarette company, has withdrawn complaint against AIDS Committee of Toronto regarding "Condom Country" advertisement; details, including probable reason for backing off].
P146 (v19n5)(Aug. 1, 2001): 24 (22cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- PERSONAL NARRATIVES

"I have AIDS" [story of Peter, an artist in his early 30s]. By Don C.
P28 [1986]: 22-23 (41cm.)
A bridge of love [account of Saskatoon woman who volunteered as part of an AIDS ministry team, working for three months at San Francisco General Hospital]. By Barb Clay.
P39 (Feb. 24, 1988): 26-27 (54cm.)
Two perspectives: buddies & PWAs [personal comments on the "buddy" support system for people living with AIDS]. By Shawn Mooney and William Holmes a Court.
P51 (v7n6)(Aug. 23, 1989): 4-5 (100cm.)
From where I sit [an account of death of a friend of the author and the experience of interaction with the friend's mother]. By Jeff Dodds.
P123 (v16n6)(Sept. 16, 1998): 5 (46cm.)
Six short stories [author writes poignantly and personally of six very different individuals he has known -- Tracy, Tony, Jeff, Rhoda, Jim, and Michael -- all of whose lives were shortened by AIDS]. By Jeff Dodds.
P145 (v19n4)(June 6, 2001): 9-10 (61cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN

Check also specific groups; e.g., PERSONS LIVING WITH AIDS NETWORK OF SASKATCHEWAN. Some entries may not be referenced at both headings.
Did you see [from Regina Leader Post, May 16/84, mentioning that Saskatchewan's one AIDS case reported "in the last few months"].
P9 (1984): 14 (12cm.)
AIDS committee and antibody testing [with emphasis on Saskatchewan; named individuals: Saskatchewan Health Minister Graham Taylor and Dr. Hugh Grocott, the latter of whom is strongly criticized]. By Neil Richards.
P19 [1985]: 19-20, 22 (87cm.)
Sask. Health complacent ["provincial government has decided...no immediate need for a public education campaign on AIDS"]. By Nils Clausson.
P31 (March 11, 1987): 30-31 (40cm.)
[Brief note that Grant Devine's Saskatchewan government gave $500 to AIDS Regina in comparison to $50,000 Alberta government contribution to Edmonton organization and Manitoba government's $18,500 Winnipeg contribution]. By Neil Richards.
P31 (March 11, 1987): 31 (3cm.)
AIDS update: no anonymous testing [at VD Clinic at (Saskatoon) University Hospital]; Saskatchewan AIDS symposium [to be held in Saskatoon (George McLeod, Saskatchewan Health Minister seems to react to public criticism)]; Canadian inaction [criticized].
P32 (April 29, 1987): 29 (34cm.)
Saskatchewan AIDS conference [report of two-day symposium at Saskatoon's University Hospital]. By Neil Richards.
P33 (June 10, 1987): 24-26 (81cm.)
Saskatchewan HIV testing [number of people being tested reported to have greatly increased; statistics to Nov. 1 of AIDS cases in Canada and Saskatchewan].
P37 (Dec. 1, 1987): 28 (16cm.)
AIDS in the legislature [of Saskatchewan; report of recent comments by some members].
P37 (Dec. 1, 1987): 29 (9cm.)
Editorial [about reportability of positive AIDS antibody tests in Saskatchewan; George McLeod, Saskatchewan Health Minister]. By The Collective.
P39 (Feb. 24, 1988): 3-4 (41cm.)
Saskatchewan AIDS campaign
P40 (April 13, 1988): 28 (18cm.)
Drug coverage requested [from Saskatchewan government]; grant sought [by AIDS Regina from city council for AIDS-related community work]; more $$ for AIDS [announced by federal Health Minister Jake Epp]; AIDS statistics [for Canada and Saskatchewan]. Compiled by Neil Richards.
P42 (June 29, 1988): 28-30 (77cm.)
Saskatchewan quilt [started in cooperation with AIDS Saskatoon, AIDS Regina, and PWA Network of Saskatchewan].
P50 (v7n5)(July 12, 1989): 7 (16cm.)
No needle exchange [Saskatchewan Health Minister George McLeod rejects needle- exchange program: "he was concerned that such a program would send out the wrong message about the type of behaviour he desired in Saskatchewan"; "he doesn't feel that there is any great problem in Saskatchewan"].
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 9 (20cm.)
AIDS grant [Saskatchewan Health Department announced $40,000 grant for Saskatoon and Regina health units for outreach for prostitutes, IV drug users and young street people; "apparently the government doesn't consider gay men to be very important when it comes to education on AIDS and HIV...."].
P58 (v8n5)(July 11, 1990): 9 (12cm.)
[Three AIDS-related newsnotes concerning Saskatchewan and Alberta]: Street workers [two street workers in Saskatoon began six-month program funded by Saskatchewan Health; etc.]; AIDS on the streets [Regina has also begun a program]; AIDS increase due [concerning the Edmonton situation].
P60 (v8n7)(Nov. 21, 1990)[dated Oct. 10/90 on cover]: 8 (70cm.)
Saskatoon AIDS study [University of Saskatchewan has received federal grant; "study will focus on four northern centres and the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon"; "one-year study would provide data on the prevalence of the HIV virus in people having routine blood tests...."].
P60 (v8n7)(Nov. 21, 1990)[dated Oct. 10/90 on cover]: 9 (15cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [transcript based on presentation by Bob, a young aboriginal man with AIDS, to a number of reserve schools in northern Saskatchewan, March 1991; in this account, Bob presents his story of growing up, sexual abuse, alcoholism, gay relationships, and illness]. [Prepared by] Ralph Wushke.
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 7-8 (78cm.)
Hope for aboriginals [inter-agency meeting in Saskatoon, February 1991, "to discuss strategies to develop province-wide chapters of the Feather of Hope Society, "an aboriginal AIDS group first established in August 1990 in Edmonton by Ken Ward"].
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 10 (19cm.)
Call for strategy [six AIDS organizations send letter and document to Minister of Health and key politicians "at the height of the provincial election" calling for HIV/AIDS strategy; document titled "HIV/AIDS in Saskatchewan -- Towards a Provincial AIDS Strategy"; etc.].
P68 (v9n7)(Nov. 6, 1991): 9 (28cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective : will Saskatchewan be the first prairie province to have a provincial AIDS strategy: yes! No. maybe? By Ralph Wushke.
P70 (v10n1)(Feb. 5, 1992): 5 (35cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [report on a two-day Saskatchewan-wide conference on HIV/AIDS counselling held in Saskatoon March 25-27; conference titled "Communities Caring Together"]. By Ralph Wushke.
P72 (v10n3)(April 29, 1992): 8 (38cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective: three lives, three deaths [obituaries of three natives of Saskatchewan -- Bob Mike (Okemawassis), Regan Grant, and John Haralkin]. By Ralph Wushke.
P74 (v10n5)(July 29, 1992): 5 (37cm.)
Women and AIDS [new support group for HIV-positive women, the HIV+ Women's Project, offered by AIDS Saskatoon and AIDS Regina].
P74 (v10n5)(July 29, 1992): 10 (23cm.)
Discussing strategy ["over 50 people involved in the battle against AIDS met with government representatives in Regina on June 17"; provincial government called the meeting; some details].
P74 (v10n5)(July 29, 1992): 11 (19cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective: who's [i.e., whose] disease is it anyway? [providing comments on both local Saskatchewan and broader AIDS matters]. By Ralph Wushke.
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 8 (37cm.)
Day Without Art [members of Canadian arts community will again observe December 1 as Day Without Art, "a day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis"; objectives of the Day; local activities in Saskatoon and Regina].
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 11 (16cm.)
Off to Berlin [AIDS Saskatoon one of two Canadian community-based AIDS service organizations selected for an oral presentation at IXth International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, June 7-11; Ralph Wushke will speak about AIDS Saskatoon Rural Response Project].
P81 (v11n4)(June 9, 1993): 9 (13cm.)
Anon. testing in Sask. [Saskatchewan Health Minister Louise Simard announced there will be anonymous testing for HIV in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert; first phase of a "long-term HIV-AIDS strategy" for the province; etc.].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 12 (19cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [emphasizing the lack of and the great need for mental health services to assist those with HIV/AIDS; in Saskatchewan, mental health services inadequate to meet needs; government-funded clinics have six-month waiting periods; etc.].
P86 (v12n1)(Jan. 26, 1994)[cover date Jan. 24/94]: 9 (33cm.)
HIV/AIDS conference [AIDS Saskatoon has received funding from Health and Welfare Canada to host holistic HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Conference in Saskatoon, September 28-30; planning is underway; contacts given].
P86 (v12n1)(Jan. 26, 1994)[cover date Jan. 24/94]: 11 (22cm.)
AIDS groups organizing [newsnote that meeting will be held May 10 to discuss formation of Saskatchewan AIDS coalition; Saskatchewan one of few provinces that does not have provincial network].
P88 (v12n3)(April 27, 1994): 12 (9cm.)
AIDS ads attacked [by AIDS activists in Saskatchewan; ads, aired on Saskatchewan TV stations, paid for by Saskatchewan Health; details of objections].
P96 (v13n3)(April 26, 1995): 13 (36cm.)
Saskatchewan Has AIDS [campaign name for joint undertaking by AIDS Saskatoon, the People Living With AIDS Network (PLWA) and Gay & Lesbian Health Services to raise awareness about AIDS in Saskatchewan and to raise funds for programming; discussion of some plans].
P99 (v13n6)(Sept. 13, 1995): 14 (38cm.)
SAN meets [Saskatchewan AIDS Network, a coalition of nine community AIDS organizations in the province, held general meeting in Prince Albert October 14 and 15; summary of proceedings].
P100 (v13n7)(Oct. 25, 1995): 14 (33cm.)
Rural AIDS awareness [group formed in Gravelbourg to respond to AIDS crisis].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 11 (17cm.)
From where I sit [concerning HIV/AIDS education in Saskatchewan schools]. By Jeff Dodds.
P103 (v14n2)(March 13, 1996): 5 (68cm.)
Dying with dignity [Toronto firm announces interest in providing viatical settlements in Saskatchewan; company purchases at a discount the life insurance policies of terminally-ill people; details].
P103 (v14n2)(March 13, 1996): 13 (34cm.)
Saskatchewan Has AIDS [Saskatchewan AIDS Network, coalition of 13 community- based organizations, will launch marketing campaign based on earlier Canada Has AIDS campaign; details; etc.].
P104 (v14n3)(April 24, 1996)[dated April 26 on contents page]: 10 (35cm.)
Saskatchewan Has AIDS [marketing campaign of Saskatchewan AIDS Network; many details].
P105 (v14n4)(June 5, 1996): 9-10 (75cm.)
Riding the buses [bus posters for gay pride on buses in Vancouver and Halifax; in Saskatchewan, bus posters in conjunction with "Saskatchewan Has AIDS" campaign].
P106 (v14n5)(July 24, 1996): 21 (19cm.)
All I want for Christmas [in which author emphasizes the importance of federal and provincial funding for AIDS community groups, and for organizations like Gay & Lesbian Health Services]. By Gens Hellquist.
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 5 (45cm.)
From where I lay -- a little bruised [being primarily an account of a "power and control" struggle with respect to the Persons Living With AIDS Network and an expression of the need to act cautiously and as a community to protect the community's organizations]. By Bryon Palmer.
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 7 (44cm.)
Saskatchewan has AIDS -- Band AIDS won't do! [Saskatchewan AIDS Network has increased lobbying of provincial government to increase funding to community-based HIV/AIDS groups; many details].
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 10 (58cm.)
AIDS on school curriculum [Saskatchewan "children in grades 1-6 will now learn about AIDS as part of the health curriculum"; other details, including objections].
P110 (v15n1)(Jan. 29, 1997): 10 (28cm.)
Heppner's hot again [Ben Heppner, Saskatchewan Conservative MLA, criticizes use of government funds to produce a safe-sex pamphlet; reference to his earlier anti-gay criticisms. By Jeff Dodds.
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 5 (43cm.)
Upset MLA [Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Ben Heppner objects to safe-sex pamphlet; brief reference to another earlier objection to an AIDS education matter].
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 10 (29cm.)
Public feuding [between factions of the Persons Living With AIDS Network "has boiled over into public view"; details].
P114 (v15n5)(July 30, 1997): 14 (27cm.)
From where I sit [concerning the efforts of politicians to bolster image, with specific reference here to tax exemption on compact discs of Elton John's song on occasion of death of Diana, Princess of Wales; conversely, relative unwillingness of support for AIDS epidemic fight]. By Jeff Dodds.
P116 (v15n7)(Oct. 22, 1997): 4 (44cm.)
Time for action ["alarming outbreak of AIDS cases in Prince Albert"; Saskatchewan AIDS Network (SAN) again calls on government bodies for province-wide action; etc.].
P118 (v16n1)(Jan. 21, 1998): 12 (45cm.)
AIDS forum [newsnote that member agencies of Saskatchewan AIDS Network (SAN) and Manitoba AIDS Coalition (MAC) will gather in Winnipeg May 21-24, 1998 for HIV/AIDS Skills Building and Sustainability Forum; first time two provincial groups have worked together on this kind of venture].
P120 (v16n3)(April 29, 1998): 20 (10cm.)
From where I sit [concerning the spread of AIDS through sharing needles; the reluctance of governments, including the Saskatchewan government, to act; large jump in Saskatchewan HIV infections in 1997, "the bulk...through shared needle use"; Saskatchewan government "has struck a committee" instead of acting; etc.]. By Jeff Dodds.
P121 (v16n4)(June 10, 1998): 4-5 (63cm.)
A new approach [report that Gay and Lesbian Health Services "has received funding from the AIDS Community Action Plan of Health Canada to undertake a new HIV prevention campaign in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan"; project begins April 1, 2003; details].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 12 (43cm.)
Out with the old [newsnote of garage sale to be held by Persons Living with AIDS Network of Saskatchewan, May 28-29, 2004; request for items and contact information].
P168 (v22n3)(April 21, 2004): 14 (7cm.)
Red ribbon campaign [3rd annual campaign is a two-week fundraiser for Persons Living with AIDS Network; money raised stays in Saskatchewan to help those in need with HIV/AIDS; details and contact information].
P172 (v22n7)(Oct. 27, 2004): 14 (32cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN -- KINDERSLEY

Small town support [Michelle Erving working at starting non-profit support group to deal with HIV/AIDS issues; interest started when non-gay friend contracted AIDS from a woman; group welcomes those of "all ages and all walks of life"].
P112 (v15n3)(April 23, 1997): 12 (17cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN -- MOOSE JAW

Increased visibility ["after years of trying to become established...it appears that AIDS Moose Jaw is becoming more active and more visible"; AIDS Moose Jaw office manager: Danielle Sharp; details].
P116 (v15n7)(Oct. 22, 1997): 12 (30cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN -- PRINCE ALBERT

Time for action ["alarming outbreak of AIDS cases in Prince Albert"; Saskatchewan AIDS Network (SAN) again calls on government bodies for province-wide action; etc.].
P118 (v16n1)(Jan. 21, 1998): 12 (45cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN -- REGINA

New support group forming? [AIDS Regina wishes to form support group for HIV- positive individuals; request for show of interest].
P33 (June 10, 1987): 20 (9cm.)
PWA coalition in Regina [established on Feb. 29/88].
P40 (April 13, 1988): 28 (7cm.)
AIDS Regina -- Native education. From news compilation by Neil Richards.
P41 (May 18, 1988): 28 (23cm.)
Our health [newsnotes: Regina Board of Health rejects request for city funds to distribute AIDS pamphlet; Foundation for Immune Diseases establishes office in Vancouver to fight for AIDS funding; Canadian Public Health Association recommends mandatory HIV-positive reporting; etc.]. Compiled by Neil Richards.
P43 (Aug. 10, 1988): 28-31 (110cm.)
Making a difference [Hamilton Hoffman Haven Inc. being set up in Regina as an AIDS respice/hospice; Craig Hamilton and Marlon Hoffman (Mr. & Mrs. Gay Regina) responsible for initial efforts]. By Michele Tyndall.
P66 (v9n5)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n4](Aug. 14, 1991): 10 (24cm.)
Benefit planned [AIDS Regina will produce play about AIDS, Victor Bumbalo's Adam and the Experts, as fundraiser and for public education; information about the play, which is to run November 21-23].
P68 (v9n7)(Nov. 6, 1991): 12 (26cm.)
"I'm very lonely" [Farren Schnell being held at Regina Correctional Institute awaiting trial; when arrested, announced he was HIV-positive and was placed in isolation; etc.].
P69 (v9n8)[misnumbered on cover as v9n7](Dec. 18, 1991): 9-10 (32cm.)
Regina quilt [AIDS Awareness Week to be launched in Regina with Quilt Unveiling Ceremony at MacKenzie Art Gallery, October 4, 1992; eleven memorial quilts, all made in Regina].
P75 (v10n6)(Sept. 16, 1992): 13 (10cm.)
Exchanging needles [Regina health board approves needle-exchange program aimed at reducing AIDS transmission; establishment of program was controversial for the several years leading up to approval].
P76 (v10n7)(Oct. 28, 1992): 12 (18cm.)
The Scarth Street Station, The Gay Community of Regina and AIDS Regina Present Stella's Annual AIDS Benefit, Saturday, October 16, 1993.... [display advertisement].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 26 (25 cm.; full-page advertisement)
Catholic students can't walk [Regina Catholic School Board decides AIDS Regina can't place posters advertising the AIDS Walk in Roman Catholic schools; public school board "had no problem putting up the posters"].
P100 (v13n7)(Oct. 25, 1995): 11 (20cm.)
Aman House [new shelter opening in Regina for people with HIV and AIDS; brief information on the two individuals who spearheaded project].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 12 (18cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN -- SASKATOON

[Saskatoon's University Hospital announces treatment of Saskatoon's first AIDS patient].
P18 [1985]: 20 (16cm.)
[First listing on Perceptions Calendar for AIDS Saskatoon, with instructions to contact Gayline for more information].
P23 [1986]: 16-17 (1/2 cm.)
AIDS S'toon [i.e., Saskatoon]; [diagnosis statistics; steering committee calls first general meeting of AIDS Saskatoon for April 23].
P23 [1986]: 31 (17cm.)
Good health [announcement of new hours for STD drop-in clinic at Ellis Hall, University of Saskatchewan, which provides confidential testing; notes that anonymous testing is available].
P24 [1986]: 30 (5cm.)
City tackles AIDS [Saskatoon council receives report from Community Health Unit, presented by Dr. Paul Gully; Alderman Morris Chernesky calls for mandatory testing of civic employees for HIV]. By Neil Richards.
P35 (Sept. 9, 1987): 16 (25cm.)
[First listing on Perceptions community groups page for PWA Network of Saskatoon].
P37 (Dec. 1, 1987): 17 (1cm.)
Public library AIDS guide [annotated reading list prepared by Ron Jaremko of Saskatoon Public Library; also Library will have display].
P37 (Dec. 1, 1987): 29 (4cm.)
AIDS benefit triumphs [in Saskatoon; Erin Shoemaker, co-ordinator of AIDS Saskatoon, outlined how money to be used; largest fundraising event in history of Saskatoon's gay community; $2783 net]. By Dave Burgoyne.
P39 (Feb. 24, 1988): 32 (26cm.)
Sunshine Friends [announcement of second AIDS benefit on May 28; earlier benefit "an outstanding success"].
P41 (May 18, 1988): 16 (11cm.)
"AIDS: Social Responses," an exhibition on a modern epidemic [has been organized and will be presented at University Library; description of the exhibition].
P44 (Sept. 21, 1988): 16 (12cm.)
[First listing on Perceptions community groups page for Sunshine Friends].
P44 (Sept. 21, 1988): 17 (1/2 cm.)
Rays of hope [Sunshine Friends, formed last year with goal to raise money to provide support for people with AIDS; description of group; one of the more active groups over the past year]. By Gens Hellquist.
P45 (Nov. 9, 1988): 16 (22cm.)
AIDS benefit [will be jointly hosted by The Imperial Court of the Prairie Lily and the Persons Living with AIDS Network of Saskatchewan; "Festival of Friends" to be held Oct. 14 at Ukrainian Hall; description of events].
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 15 (7cm.)
Education denied [AIDS Saskatoon told that will not be allowed to have further AIDS and safer sex displays in Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza; mall manager, Gordon Spooner, wrote "speaking for mall owners, Cadillac Fairview Corporation and the Midtown Plaza Merchant's Association"]. By Gens Hellquist.
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 9 (25cm.)
Our health: hopes for drug [dextran sulphate as AIDS treatment, by University of Saskatchewan researchers]; drug available [experimental drug, DDI, available in Canada to AIDS patients].
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 22 (30cm.)
AIDS awareness [Saskatoon will be site of major AIDS awareness and education program October 15 to November 2; description of events].
P59 (v8n6)(Aug. 29, 1990): 10 (49cm.)
AIDS Awareness [program of "exhibitions, lectures, theatre, film and conferences, will be held in Saskatoon October 15 to November 3 [1990]"; "central component of this community effort is...exhibit 'Visual AIDS,' curated by James Miller"; etc.]. By Leila Armstrong.
P60 (v8n7)(Nov. 21, 1990)[dated Oct. 10/90 on cover]: 6-7 (75cm.)
Indignant parents [at Saskatoon Catholic school board's annual meeting to protest AIDS education in Catholic schools].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 9 (18cm.)
AIDS policy established [Saskatoon public school trustees approved AIDS policy in November; brief outline of policy].
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 9-10 (22cm.)
AIDS housing forum [February 27, 1991 public forum held in Saskatoon, titled "Housing, Hostel, Hospice? What Is Needed?"; various groups represented to discuss housing/hospice needs of PLWAs (i.e., persons living with AIDS); summary of decisions taken].
P63 (v9n2)(March 6, 1991): 10-11 (17cm.)
[AIDS Saskatoon] Women & AIDS Project [newsnote that Antonia Botting hired for one-year project "to work with women who are marginalized"; funded by a program of Health and Welfare Canada].
P63 (v9n2)(March 6, 1991): 12 (15cm.)
Honorable mention [Neil Richards received honorable mention during presentation of the 1991 Dr. Stanley Stead health promotion award; Richards praised for contribution to increasing AIDS awareness; summary of some of Richards's other gay/lesbian community activities, including his work at collecting and preserving gay/lesbian history].
P65 (v9n4)(June 12, 1991): 12 (18cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [including information on percentage of HIV-positive gay men in Toronto, with an estimate for the prairies; emphasis on need to support AIDS services]. By Ralph Wushke, executive director of AIDS Saskatoon.
P67 (v9n6)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n5](Sept. 25, 1991): 6 (46cm.)
AIDS -- a prairie perspective [concerning the homophobic comments of Daryl Lubiniecki, general manager of Saskatoon Blades hockey team, and the many reactions to his comments; author thanks Lubiniecki for contributing, through his intolerant comments, to AIDS education and publicity]. By Ralph Wushke.
P69 (v9n8)[misnumbered on cover as v9n7](Dec. 18, 1991): 6 (38cm.)
Men who have sex with men [AIDS Saskatoon, with help of federal SEED grant, will conduct an outreach education program on safer sex; longer term projects will also be considered].
P73 (v10n4)(June 10, 1992): 7-8 (27cm.)
AIDS Awareness Week [activities in Saskatoon, October 5-11, 1992].
P75 (v10n6)(Sept. 16, 1992): 12 (16cm.)
Stepping out for life [this year Saskatoon will have AIDS walk for first time to raise funds for education and support services; on June 6; etc.].
P80 (v11n3)(April 21, 1993): 13 (15cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [particularly concerning the Red Ribbon campaign in Saskatoon and responses to it]. By Ralph Wushke.
P84 (v11n7)(Oct. 27, 1993): 9 (28cm.)
Mexican partnership [four researchers from National AIDS Laboratory in Mexico City are part of one-million-dollar project at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon; Saskatchewan specialists will travel to Mexico to train some workers; etc.].
P87 (v12n2)(March 9, 1994): 12 (15cm.)
Prairie Walk '94, AIDS Saskatoon; a 5 kilometre walk to raise funds for AIDS education & support services in Saskatoon, Sunday, June 12, 1994.... [display advertisement].
P88 (v12n3)(April 27, 1994): 10 (12cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon gets grant [for $56,079 for three years, from Health Canada; will be used to continue "man-to-man" project by hiring part-time outreach worker to work with high-risk groups, including gay street youth, youth just coming out, and men not practising safer sex; also grant to set up provincial planning network in co-operation with other organizations].
P92 (v12n7)(Oct. 26, 1994): 9 (35cm.)
A presence of absence [describing the Canadian AIDS memorial quilt and announcing the planned first public viewing in Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, in May; titled "The Presence of Absence"].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 10 (26cm.)
AIDS quilt in Saskatoon [entire Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed for first time in Saskatchewan at Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon, over four days; more than 2000 visit; etc.].
P105 (v14n4)(June 5, 1996): 11 (35cm.)
AIDS Walk Canada [report on upcoming Saskatoon AIDS fundraising walk, scheduled for September 29].
P106 (v14n5)(July 24, 1996): 10 (34cm.)
Walking for AIDS [about upcoming Walk on September 29].
P107 (v14n6)(Sept. 11, 1996): 11 (20cm.)
AIDS walk [report on September 29 AIDS Walk Saskatoon; approximately 150 turn out in snow storm; etc.]
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 11 (37cm.)
From where I sit [concerning two matters: Saskatoon police making public issue of man believed to have AIDS spitting in face of police officer and, secondly, the new Saskatchewan HIV/AIDS school curriculum in relation to the Prince Albert Public School Board and trustee Rob Ardell].
P112 (v15n3)(April 23, 1997): 4 (45cm.)
AIDS Walk early [Saskatoon Walk moved up to June this year; details and plans].
P112 (v15n3)(April 23, 1997): 11 (25cm.)
AIDS fundraiser [Saskatoon AIDS Walk to be held in June this year; joint project of AIDS Saskatoon and Gay & Lesbian Health Services; raises funds for the two groups and raises community awareness of AIDS epidemic; details].
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 14 (23cm.)
Bid for life [announcing in some detail upcoming AIDS Saskatoon's 5th Annual Bid for Life Art & Celebrity Fundraising Auction, set for January 31/98].
P118 (v16n1)(Jan. 21, 1998): 9 (17cm.)
AIDS Walk coming [plans "well underway for AIDS Walk Saskatoon '98"; details].
P122 (v16n5)(July 29, 1998): 12 (29cm.)
AIDS Walk Saskatoon [display advertisement].
P123 (v16n6)(Sept. 16, 1998): 10 (half-page advertisement)
Walk a success [report on the 1998 Saskatoon AIDS Walk, with very brief reference to Walks in Saskatoon in earlier years and to Walks across Canada].
P124 (v16n7)[misnumbered v16n6 on contents page](Oct. 28, 1998): 10 (22cm.)
At the Fringe [a play by Harry Rintoul, "Brave Hearts," will be presented at this year's Saskatoon International Fringe Festival as a "unique" way of educating the public about HIV/AIDS; play is set in Saskatoon; information about the play and purpose of presentation; other details]; Other Fringe shows of interest to queers [briefly describing "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me," "Shakespeare's Women," and "Campbell and Company Comedy Hour"].
P130 (v17n5)(July 28, 1999): 22 (52cm.)
Youth for Youth Project [initiated by AIDS Saskatoon to respond to youth HIV infection and to reduction of that risk; etc.].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 12 (32cm.)
Walking for AIDS [primarily concerning Saskatoon's planned annual AIDS Walk, to take place on September 26, 1999; contact information, etc.].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 14 (34cm.)
AIDS Walks successful [reporting primarily on Saskatoon's September 26 AIDS Walk, with some details of Walks in Regina, Edmonton, and Calgary].
P132 (v17n7)(Oct. 27, 1999): 12 (23cm.)
Bid for Life [newsnote that, on February 12, 2000, AIDS Saskatoon will host 7th annual "Bid for Life" Celebrity and Art Auction as an AIDS/HIV fundraiser].
P134 (v18n1)(Jan. 26, 2000): 12; and see also full page advertisement on back cover, p. [32] (13cm. plus full page ad)
AIDS Walk Saskatoon, 12 Noon, Sunday, September 24 [2000] [display advertisement].
P138 (v18n5)(Aug. 2, 2000): 2 (12cm.)
AIDS Walk Saskatoon 2001 [display advertisement].
P147 (v19n6)(Sept. 12, 2001): 20 (12cm.)
Raising money & awareness [announcement of 9th annual Art & Celebrity Auction, January 19, 2002, to raise money for education and support service activities of AIDS Saskatoon; details].
P149 (v19n8)(Dec. 5, 2001): 11 (16cm.)
. See also display advertisement, p. 13 of same issue (19cm.)
AIDS Walk Saskatoon...September 22nd, 2002.... [display advertisement].
P154 (v20n5)(July 31, 2002): [2] (full-page advertisement)
AIDS Walk Canada [including details on plans for AIDS Walk in Saskatoon, this year being co-ordinated by Gay and Lesbian Health Services rather than AIDS Saskatoon; other details, including some background, Walk details, mention of some local sponsors, and contacts for Walks in other prairie cities].
P155 (v20n6)(Sept. 11, 2002): 11-12 (51cm.)
AIDS Walk runs up big total [in Saskatoon; details of Walk; over 100 participated; over $10,000 plus another $10,000 of gifts-in-kind; also AIDS Walk Saskatoon 2002 thank-you display advertisement].
P156 (v20n7)(Oct. 23, 2002): 8, 9 (24cm.)
A new approach [Gay and Lesbian Health Services, Saskatoon, "has applied for funding for a new HIV prevention program for gay and bisexual men"; grant submitted to AIDS Community Action Plan; general discussion of prevention programs; some activities of this project, if grant application successful].
P157 (v20n8)(Dec. 4, 2002): 9 (43cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon's 10th Anniversary Art & Celebrity Auction, January 18, 2003.... [display advertisement].
P157 (v20n8)(Dec. 4, 2002): 13 (18cm.)
A new approach [report that Gay and Lesbian Health Services "has received funding from the AIDS Community Action Plan of Health Canada to undertake a new HIV prevention campaign in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan"; project begins April 1, 2003; details].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 12 (43cm.)
Prevention project to begin [Gay and Lesbian Health Services has "received final approval to begin their new men's HIV prevention project," which was supposed to have begun on April 1, 2003; project will be based on work done in Australia and the United Kingdom; studies show that HIV prevention must be done in context of broader issues; some plans regarding project].
P161 (v21n4)(May 28, 2003): 14 (33cm.)
Walking for AIDS [report on planning and details of AIDS Walk in Saskatoon, September 21; Gens Hellquist says, "HIV and AIDS is in danger of falling off the radar....Many people assume with the new drugs that the crisis is over. However we know of a number of new HIV diagnoses in our community in the past year"; he says 4,500 to 5,000 Canadians infected each year; list of other prairie centres holding walks, with contact information -- Regina, AIDS Walk Manitoba, Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Red Deer].
P163 (v21n6)(Sept. 10, 2003): 11 (39cm.)
. See also display advertisement for AIDS Walk Saskatoon, p. [32] (full page, back cover)
Network growing [Saskatoon report that "People Living With AIDS Network" has new board of directors; a number of activities described for their second annual "Red Ribbon Campaign" from Nov. 15 to Dec. 1, 2003; details (compiler note: portion of article appears to be missing from p. 11 and does not continue on p. 12)].
P164 (v21n7)(Oct. 22, 2003): 11 (16cm.)
AIDS Walk 2003 [in Saskatoon; took place on September 21; approximately fifty participated; disappointment expressed at turnout; recent youth study indicates "appalling lack of awareness of the facts of HIV/AIDS" in Canada].
P164 (v21n7)(Oct. 22, 2003): 12 (22cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- SASKATCHEWAN -- YORKTON

[First listing on Perceptions community groups ("In Your Area") pages for Yorkton, Saskatchewan, group: AIDS Yorkton, giving phone and e-mail contacts].
P141 (v18n8)(Dec. 6, 2000): 16 (1/2 cm.)

AIDS AND HIV -- UNITED STATES

California says no [to Proposition 64, calling for quarantining AIDS patients]. By Gens Hellquist.
P29 [1986]: 20 (24cm.)
The Names Project [concerning the memorial quilt in memory of those who have died of AIDS]. By Dell Richards/New York Native.
P38 (Jan. 13, 1988): 26-27 (48cm.)
No more Magic [report on announcement on November 8 by Earvin "Magic" Johnson, basketball player, that he was HIV-positive; contrast of media coverage of this one case with the coverage given to tens of thousands of deaths up to that time; moralists had to alter their arguments; etc.].
P69 (v9n8)[misnumbered on cover as v9n7](Dec. 18, 1991): 22 (68cm.)
U.S. closes border to HIV [Cranbrook, B.C. man, Richard Hollingsworth, denied entry to United States because HIV-positive; Canadian, Bill Houghton, also denied entry; details of American policy with respect to HIV-positive individuals entering the US].
P124 (v16n7)[misnumbered v16n6 on contents page](Oct. 28, 1998): 22 (24cm.)
High AIDS rate in Catholic priests [report that Kansas City Star surveyed 800 priests from across the United States about their sexual orientation and AIDS; death rate four times that in general population; other details, including report of cover-up, difficulty in getting accurate information].
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 25 (21cm.)
The Reagans rewrite [concerning controversy surrounding the CBS television network miniseries and the reality of the inaction of Ronald Reagan's administration for many years at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic; media coverage "has largely ignored" this reality in covering the controversy over the miniseries, failing to challenge revisionism efforts of Reagan supporters; etc.].
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 27-28 (54cm.)
End scientific censorship [San Francisco report concerning policies of President George W. Bush's administration; "misrepresented scientific knowledge"; "censorship of research into HIV and LGBT health" has been reported; other details].
P167 (v22n2)[misnumbered v22n1 on contents page] (March 10, 2004): 28 (19cm.)