Health

La Ronge residency training program successful in recruitment, retainment of local doctors

Six medical resident students have arrived in La Ronge to gain valuable experience on their path to becoming doctors. The La Ronge Rural and Remote Residency Training Program is led by site director D...

Jul 11, 2023

Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds

Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost the mental health and drug awareness, treatment and rehabilitation services they offe...

Jul 07, 2023

Sask. business owner among those opposed to potential changes for natural health products

Those in the natural health food industry are gravely concerned over proposed changes they said could shutter many businesses.As part of Bill C-47 which looks to amend legislation laid out in the 2023...

Jul 04, 2023

Sask teen in need of bone marrow donor

The hockey community in Humboldt is once again banding together to help a fellow hockey player in need.Archer Franklin, a member of the 2022-23 U18 AA Humboldt Broncos has been diagnosed with aplastic...

Jul 03, 2023

Humans Inhale Credit Card-Sized Amounts Of Microplastics Every Week

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jun 30, 2023

SHA hopes to recruit more physicians for Meadow Lake Hospital

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is attempting to recruit more physicians to work at Meadow Lake Hospital to meet staffing needs."We have limited O/R [operating room] capacity over the summer, ...

Jun 27, 2023

Hope Air expedition makes stops in La Ronge, Prince Albert

Representatives with Hope Air were in La Ronge and Prince Albert on Tuesday as part of the sixth annual Give Hope Wings expedition.Hope Air is a national charity providing travel support through fligh...

Jun 20, 2023

RCMP working to confirm identities of 15 killed on bus heading to Manitoba casino

Residents in Dauphin, Man., are anxiously waiting for word on the identities of 15 people killed in a fiery bus crash.Mounties say the group of mostly seniors was heading to a casino when the bus they...

Jun 16, 2023

FSIN continue partnership for cervical cancer screening in the North

First Nations leaders say they will continue a partnership aimed at improving education and treatment options for cervical cancer in northern Saskatchewan communities.The Federation of Sovereign Indig...

Jun 13, 2023

‘It’s going to reduce cancer:’ Analyst praises warnings on cigarettes

Cigarettes are getting a new look that's aimed at reducing smoking.Health Canada is now requiring manufacturers to add warning labels to individual cigarettes in addition to existing warnings on packa...

Jun 11, 2023