Health

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

Sask. business owner among those opposed to potential changes for natural health products

Those in the natural health food industry are gravely concerned over proposed changes they said could shutter many businesses.As part of Bill C-47 which looks to amend legislation laid out in the 2023...

Jul 04, 2023

SHA Virtual Physician pilot program officially launches in Porcupine Plain

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched its Virtual Physician (VP) pilot program at the Porcupine Carragana Hospital in Porcupine Plain.This past Saturday (July 1) also marked the expansion of ...

Jul 04, 2023

Sask teen in need of bone marrow donor

The hockey community in Humboldt is once again banding together to help a fellow hockey player in need.Archer Franklin, a member of the 2022-23 U18 AA Humboldt Broncos has been diagnosed with aplastic...

Jul 03, 2023

Porcupine Plain hospital set to expand emergency room hours

Starting July 1, residents of Porcupine Plain and area will have easier access to the local hospital's emergency room, no matter what day or time it is.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announce...

Jun 30, 2023

Humans Inhale Credit Card-Sized Amounts Of Microplastics Every Week

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jun 30, 2023