Health

Delays announced as Birch Hills clinic waits for new nurse practitioner

The Birch Hills Primary Health Care Clinic will experience a staff shortage this summer which will impact its level of care.A new nurse practitioner (NP) was hired to fill a vacancy left by a former N...

May 30, 2022

Weekly epi report indicates 12 new COVID-related deaths, another 376 new positive cases

There were 12 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths last week as reported in the Ministry of Health's weekly integrated epidemiology (epi) report. This was lower compared to the previous week's total which w...

May 26, 2022

Food Farm satisfies young appetites for learning

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - For the first time in three years, elementary students in the Prince Albert area have been able to leave the classroom and receive a hands on lesson on where their food comes fr...

Nigel Maxwell May 25, 2022

Monkeypox no cause for panic: Microbiologist

Monkeypox is making headlines worldwide, but is it something we need to be worried about?Dr. Joseph Blondeau, head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital and provincial lead for Clinica...

May 24, 2022

MLA Nadine Wilson explains how she was kicked out of the Legislature

Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson was one of two people removed from the Legislative Assembly this week and for the same reason; refusing to apologize for words used during question period.In Wils...

May 20, 2022

Cumberland MLA Vermette suspended from assembly after cursing during mental health discussion

Cumberland House MLA Doyle Vermette (NDP) was suspended for one day from the legislative assembly after accusing the government of not "giving a [expletive]" about issues such as suicide and mental he...

May 19, 2022

Youth treatment centre celebrates opening at Muskoday First Nation

A loud cheer filled the air Monday morning south of Prince Albert, as the cutting of a large red ribbon represented the culmination of four years of work and partnerships.While the White Buffalo Treat...

May 16, 2022

Vigil reaches far and wide as search for Frank Young continues

A quickly planned vigil for a missing five-year-old from Red Earth First Nation east of Carrot River has reached far and wide, with organizers getting messages from as far away as Australia.Sheryl Kim...

May 16, 2022

This week's epidemiology report includes 710 new cases of COVID-19

The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 710 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths in this weeks integrated epidemiology report.The data this week is from Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7 and the hos...

May 12, 2022

Meath Park family grateful for support of Ronald McDonald House

Aubrey Ashby believes if it hadn't been for the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in Saskatoon, the journey for his family would have been much different.Last September, Ashby's then 16-month-old son Kai wa...

May 10, 2022