Health

Miracle Treat Day returns to support Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation

Once again ice cream is on the menu along with a chance to support the most significant needs at Saskatchewan's Children's Hospital.Aug. 10 marks the 21st Miracle Treat Day for DQ restaurants, with pr...

Aug 10, 2023

Saskatchewan centre to have dedicated door, space for mental health patients

Inside a new health centre in Saskatchewan's capital will be a space solely for people urgently requiring psychological help.And, from the outside, it can be accessed through a dedicated door. It's wh...

Aug 07, 2023

Wapiti Regional Library to soon offer carbon dioxide detectors in lending program

The Wapiti Regional Library (WRL) will soon be offering carbon dioxide monitors to their patrons at all of their locations.The CO2 monitor lending program will begin on Aug. 7, with the purpose of let...

Aug 01, 2023

Federal government struggling to get rid of millions of extra COVID-19 rapid tests

OTTAWA - The federal government is sitting on a stockpile of 39 million extra rapid tests for COVID-19 and is struggling to get rid of them without chucking them in the trash, an internal Health Canad...

Jul 29, 2023

Sask NDP accuse gov't of hiding problems in health care

The Saskatchewan Party's Ministry of Health is responding to a leaked memo by the NDP showing that the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been closed for weeks.Official Opp...

Jul 27, 2023

Porcupine Carragana Hospital resumes 24/7 health services, adds new physician

Those in Porcupine Plain and its surrounding area now have access to 24/7 in-person healthcare, once again.The Porcupine Carragana Hospital officially resumed around-the-clock emergency room (ER) serv...

Jul 24, 2023

Humboldt District Hospital Foundation receives $200k donation from BHP

BHP recently donated $200,000 to the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation (HDHF).This will allow the HDHF to acquire two bladder scanners, a Glidescope, and other enhanced operating room equipment.Ac...

Jul 13, 2023

La Ronge residency training program successful in recruitment, retainment of local doctors

Six medical resident students have arrived in La Ronge to gain valuable experience on their path to becoming doctors. The La Ronge Rural and Remote Residency Training Program is led by site director D...

Jul 11, 2023

Cumberland House Cree Nation Expands Food and Medicine Forest

A food and medicine forest in Northeast Saskatchewan is seeding very good results.Cumberland House Cree Nation and Cumberland Wood Products have confirmed expansion of their Food and Medicine Forest P...

Jul 08, 2023

Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds

Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost the mental health and drug awareness, treatment and rehabilitation services they offe...

Jul 07, 2023