Health

HDHF Equip to Care Campaign starts on Monday

The Humboldt District Hospital Foundation (HDHF) Equip to Care Campaign is quickly approaching. The campaign gets underway next Monday at 6 a.m. and continues through Thursday of next week. Executive ...

Mar 18, 2025

Fentanyl seen in Melfort area as well: Melfort RCMP

The fentanyl issue is an issue across Saskatchewan, and the northeast is no exception. The Ministry of Health has issued an overdose alert in Prince Albert after two suspected drug toxicity deaths in ...

Mar 17, 2025

Ministry of Health issues overdose alert after two drug deaths in P.A.

The Saskatchewan Coroners Service has reported two suspected drug toxicity deaths in Prince Albert in a 24-hour period starting March 15th. The unknown substances that caused the fatalities are report...

Mar 17, 2025

Cases of highly infectious measles reported in Swift Current, Calgary

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says there has been a confirmed case of measles in Swift Current.In a news release on March 14, the SHA listed a number of locations and said anyone who was at ...

Mar 16, 2025

Temporary Tisdale Hospital ER closure starting Monday: Town of Tisdale

The Tisdale Hospital emergency department will be unavailable for 24 hours early next week. According to a Town of Tisdale social media post, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has announced the ...

Mar 15, 2025

Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency

Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 y...

Mar 14, 2025

'Meeting people where they’re at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue

Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that ...

Mar 13, 2025

Province opens emergency centre to deal with drug crisis

Hundreds of overdoses in Saskatoon have prompted the government to activate the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC). The Sask. Public Safety Agency, the City, and the Ministry of Health will...

Mar 12, 2025

$750,000 funding boost for emergency mobile crisis in Prince Albert and Melfort

A new agreement between the Mobile Crisis Unit Co-operative and the Province of Saskatchewan's Social Services Ministry is planned to help families who need emergency intervention. The service will in...

Mar 12, 2025

Dean of College of Medicine visits P.A. to weigh expansion opportunity

With the continual demand for more doctors and other health care practitioners in Saskatchewan, the head of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan was in Prince Albert to meet peopl...

Mar 11, 2025