Health

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

Former Sask. resident living in Los Angeles assisting wildfire evacuees

A former resident of La Ronge is using his experience of deal with wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan to assist Native Americans fleeing the fires raging in the greater Los Angeles area. Sparked by dr...

Jan 09, 2025

Tisdale Hospital ER closed this weekend

A service disruption is set to affect residents of Tisdale and area. The Saskatchewan Health Authority has revealed the Tisdale Emergency Room will not be available from Saturday, Jan. 4 at 8 am to Mo...

Jan 03, 2025

Year in Review: Nipawin Heliport nearly ready for operation

A major story for 2024 was the development of the Nipawin Helipad. The idea for the heliport at the Nipawin Hospital first came about after the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018, and sod was t...

Dec 30, 2024

Here are the top names for Saskatchewan babies in 2024

Although 2024 has ended, its new generation lives on. paNOW took a look at the most popular baby names in Saskatchewan over the last year. Popular classic names still top the list, with 49 baby boys n...

Dec 30, 2024

Tisdale Hospital ER now available over holiday

On Friday, Dec. 27 in the morning, a spokesperson from the Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed they were able to avoid service disruptions at the Tisdale ER after finding replacement staff.An impo...

Dec 24, 2024

Santa makes special stop at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital

Santa is making sure everyone is in the holiday spirit this Christmas, especially those away from home.On Thursday, he visited the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) as part of the JPCH Foundatio...

Dec 20, 2024

Livestock producers are warned to watch for a larval disease

A disease that lives off the flesh of living mammals has been confirmed in Chiapas, Mexico. New World screwworm (NWS) is a parasitic larval disease of warm-blooded animals where the female fly will la...

Alice McFarlane Dec 19, 2024