Health

NDP slams Sask. government over health care recruitment efforts

The Sask. NDP says the provincial government's health care recruitment and retention plan isn't working.Citing figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), health critic Vicki Mo...

Jan 23, 2025

Sask. pharmacies receive upgrade

Families around the province now have another option to get tested and treated for strep throat and ear infections. The Government of Saskatchewan is launching new services in multiple communities inc...

Jan 22, 2025

Opposition grows against plan to provide at-home detox in Northwest

Opposition continues to grow against the Saskatchewan Health Authority's (SHA) plan to contract private company Medavie Health Services West to provide at-home detox services in Northwest Saskatchewan...

Jan 20, 2025

“There's a stigma that we can't be soft”: MLTC hopes to create change through Men’s Gathering

Weak. Soft. Those two simple words have often been used to describe an illness, but not one of the body, instead, one of the mind. In the case of some Indigenous men, merely for speaking out about the...

Jan 16, 2025

'It's like we don't matter': SEIU-West workers in Biggar rally for better working conditions

SEIU-West members picketed and rallied outside the Biggar and District Health Centre on Wednesday to voice their frustrations with the provincial government over the slow progress in negotiations for ...

Jan 16, 2025

Walking pneumonia cases on the rise

If you have coughing fits that just won't go away, and you're always tired, there's a chance you may have walking pneumonia. Cases of the condition that can affect anyone are on the rise."It's a term ...

Jan 14, 2025

Concerns raised about medical detox program coming to Northwest Sask.

Northern mayors and health professionals have concerns about a new at-home detox program the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is preparing to role out through a private medical firm based in Easter...

Jan 13, 2025

Federal agreement improves drug access for rare diseases in Sask.

A new investment with Ottawa is helping Saskatchewan residents diagnosed with rare diseases who face thousands in treatment costs.On Jan. 10, Saskatchewan's health minister Jeremy Cockrill joined Cana...

Jan 12, 2025

Provinces now responsible for buying COVID-19 vaccines as feds issue new guidance

Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Public Healt...

Jan 11, 2025

Health-care workers ‘cautiously optimistic’ after meeting with ministers

Health-care workers across Saskatchewan have been sounding the alarm about the health-care system for quite some time.Some of those workers - who are members of SEIU-West - recently met with the provi...

Jan 10, 2025