Health

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip implanted into two quadriplegic Canadian patients

Two Canadian patients with spinal cord injuries have received Neuralink brain implants that have allowed them to control a computer with their thoughts.They are part of the first clinical trial outsid...

Sep 07, 2025

Clean water settlement cheques start flowing into Montreal Lake Cree Nation

Members of Montreal Lake Cree Nation have begun receiving federal payments as part of the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Class Action Settlement Agreement. The settlement agreement was approved...

Sep 05, 2025

Communities 'can't keep up with the grieving,' Sask. NDP says, as province notes drug deaths declining

The province's drug crisis is claiming lives at an alarming rate, and the government has failed to respond with the urgency the situation demands, Saskatchewan's NDP critic for mental health and addic...

Sep 04, 2025

Some tobacco settlement money to be used in Saskatchewan for cancer care, prevention: Minister

Saskatchewan is set to get millions from a legal settlement with tobacco companies, but it appears only some of that money will go toward cancer care and prevention.Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan's hea...

Sep 03, 2025

North Battleford Friendship Centre holds 4th Overdose Awareness Day

The only person that can stop drug use is the addict themself.That was part of the message that resonated with people who attended the 4th annual Overdose Awareness Day at the Battleford Indian and Mt...

Aug 29, 2025

Integrated Youth Services hub opens in Sturgeon Lake

A First Nation located 30 minutes northwest of Prince Albert is the fourth community in the province to launch an integrated youth services( IYS) hub - delivering supports to people between the ages o...

Aug 25, 2025

'We will not be ignored': CUPE workers rally outside Cockrill's office amid health care strain

A longtime nurse fighting back tears told reporters in North Battleford on Wednesday that health care workers in Saskatchewan feel abandoned and invisible. "Remember, healthcare workers were called he...

Aug 20, 2025

Most wildland firefighters in Saskatchewan don't wear masks. Here's why.

As Saskatchewan experiences one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, smoke continues to prompt air quality alerts for the public. There is no doubt firefighters who spend weeks on the front lines ...

Aug 19, 2025

New training for pharmacists to substitute medications

Saskatchewan pharmacists are becoming more equipped to handle a supply disruption or shortage of a prescribed drug. The province announced training will allow pharmacists to prescribe alternative medi...

Aug 19, 2025

Interested organ and tissue donors now need to register online

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the public to register to become an organ and tissue donor. You may not be aware that the process to do so has changed in recent years. The Saskatc...

Aug 14, 2025