Health

Impaired driving rules unclear say medical cannabis advocates

RCMP have more opportunities to catch impaired drivers since introducing mandatory alcohol screening but some in Saskatchewan say the rules are still quite hazy.As of April 1, alcohol tests are now ma...

May 01, 2024

CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles

Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting "vampire facial" procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus ...

Apr 28, 2024

Ottawa puts another $36M into vaccine injury compensation fund

The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.The program was announced shortly aft...

Apr 24, 2024

Results of Canadian uranium workers study delayed

The country's most comprehensive study on the effects of radiation on 90,000 Canadian uranium workers is delayed.Originally expected to have its final study results released this year, the study has b...

Apr 24, 2024

Doctors ask Liberal government to reconsider capital gains tax change

The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings.Kathleen Ross, the as...

Apr 23, 2024

New report shows astronomical increase of Sask. opioid deaths in first year of COVID pandemic

A new report shows that a crisis affecting thousands of Saskatchewan people got incredibly worse during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a s...

Apr 22, 2024

‘Dying for doctors’: Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan

Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it's been a struggle for years to keep family doctors because they retire or move elsewhere.In Lloydminster, a city on ...

Apr 21, 2024

Sod turned on new care home project in St. Brieux

The sod has been turned on a 15-bed personal care home in St. Brieux. Several dignitaries were on hand April 2 for the ceremony at 213 Second Ave. N. to commemorate the beginning of construction. The ...

Apr 17, 2024

Sask. Gov't confirms investigation after former Pine Grove inmate passes away in hospital

Nearly three weeks after a woman on remand at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre (PGCC) was rushed to hospital, comes tragic news she has died. Out of respect for the family, paNOW has opted not to pu...

Apr 16, 2024

Recruitment efforts underway with Tisdale set to lose three doctors

There are some concerns from residents in Tisdale with the departure of three physicians this summer.The Ministry of Health confirmed to northeastNOW in a statement that the three doctors have submitt...

Apr 12, 2024