Tag Archives: Health

Terry Loustel was diagnosed with ALS in 2022. Since then, he's gone from walking with a cane to needing a wheelchair and numerous expensive accessibility modifications to his home.Loustel has had to r...

Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said the province is seeing new measles cases daily.As of Wednesday, there have been 37 confirmed cases between March 14 and May 14.Shahab told me...

The province is urging producers to remain vigilant after anthrax was confirmed in cattle in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Paynton No. 470, located about 64 kilometres northwest of North Battleford...

The province is notifying the public of measles exposures in seven different municipalities where there were confirmed measles cases. The communities are Saskatoon, Swift Current, Outlook, Assiniboia,...

Leaders in the northern community of Birch Narrows Dene Nation have issued an urgent call for action following a spate of deaths in their community in the last two weeks. Four suicides have come on th...

Standing in an MRI control room packed with fellow ALS researchers, Dr. Lorne Zinman excitedly points to the brain scan on his phone.There's a white spot on the image, right where Bill Traynor's motor...

For the fourth day in a row, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is advising the public about measles exposure risks due to confirmed measles cases. This time, locations in Regina and Lumsden were...

Saskatchewan's top doctor says he expects the measles cases that have already almost doubled in a week to go up unless people get immunized against the virus."Many parents who themselves had the privi...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is letting the public know about a measles exposure risk in Preeceville because of a confirmed case. Anyone who may have been in the Shop Easy Foods on Main St....

A lack of access to mental health and addiction services is top of mind for the Saskatchewan advocate for children and youth.In her annual report, Saskatchewan's advocate for children and youth Lisa B...