Health

Saskatchewan centre to have dedicated door, space for mental health patients

Inside a new health centre in Saskatchewan's capital will be a space solely for people urgently requiring psychological help.And, from the outside, it can be accessed through a dedicated door. It's wh...

Aug 07, 2023

300 residents of Fond du Lac evacuated due to wildfire smoke

As wildfire smoke near their community intensifies, approximately 300 members of Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation have been evacuated.According to a statement Tuesday night from Chief Kevin Mercredi, the...

Aug 02, 2023

Federal government struggling to get rid of millions of extra COVID-19 rapid tests

OTTAWA - The federal government is sitting on a stockpile of 39 million extra rapid tests for COVID-19 and is struggling to get rid of them without chucking them in the trash, an internal Health Canad...

Jul 29, 2023

Sask NDP accuse gov't of hiding problems in health care

The Saskatchewan Party's Ministry of Health is responding to a leaked memo by the NDP showing that the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been closed for weeks.Official Opp...

Jul 27, 2023

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