Tag Archives: Health
Project OO: License to Heal radiothon will help fund hearing services at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
Every year almost 5,500 babies are born at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon and every one of them gets a hearing check. That is why this year's focus of the annual Pattison Children's...
Nov 04, 2025
Quebec government wants to restart talks with doctors over payment reform
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is extending an olive branch to the province's doctors amid a fight over a new law that changes how physicians are paid. Legault said Tuesday he wants to restart...
Nov 04, 2025
Documentary revisits Swift Current Broncos crash — and the trauma that never left
CALGARY - In 1986, a bus carrying the Swift Current Broncos hit black ice and spun off the Trans-Canada Highway just east of their southwestern Saskatchewan city. Four players were killed. For defence...
Nov 04, 2025
Montreal transit strike could be first test of new Quebec labour law
MONTREAL - A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes. The Montreal transit agency's ...
Nov 04, 2025
Challenges in obstetrics and gynecology growing in the province
An unprecedented move by a group of seven obstetrician-gynecologists in Kamloops, B.C. has those working in the same field in Saskatchewan keeping a close eye on what happens next. The physicians subm...
Nov 03, 2025
Prescription painkillers shortage in Canada expected to continue into new year
TORONTO - Pharmacists say a shortage of medications that contain oxycodone is expected to continue into the new year, while supply of another type of painkiller has increased since a nationwide disrup...
Nov 03, 2025
Leader Currie Dixon says voters wanted change as Yukon Party wins majority government
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says Yukon voters have opted for change by electing what he calls a "strong Yukon Party majority government." Dixon is set to become the Yukon's first prem...
Nov 03, 2025
Prince Albert mother looking for better mental health supports for young daughter
A Prince Albert mother is calling for better child psychology supports, saying the lack of services are now impacting more than just her daughter's mental health; its also affecting her physical well-...
Nov 01, 2025
Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown
BOSTON (AP) - Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using emergenc...
Oct 31, 2025
Ostrich farm rallies support as court says it will decide next week if it hears case
Canada's highest court says it will rule next Thursday whether to tackle a bitter dispute between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a British Columbia ostrich farm over the ordered destruction o...
Oct 31, 2025