Health

BUH Foundation announces plans for 2022 Festival of Trees

The theme for the 28th annual Festival of Trees will be "A Royal Christmas". The festival will run from Friday, Nov. 25 to Friday, Dec. 2 at the Western Development Museum. Proceeds from this year's f...

Nov 07, 2022

Sask. NDP intrigued & concerned with B.C.'s new payment model for family doctors

The Saskatchewan NDP is worried British Columbia may soon start enticing provincial doctors to move out west.Earlier in the week, B.C.'s government announced a new payment model for family doctors whi...

Nov 05, 2022

Outrage over safe supply vending machine in Nipawin but advocates say it's needed

A newly installed vending machine in Nipawin is raising some angry eyebrows with its contents of crack pipes and meth needles. Resident Laurie McGillivary said she was not happy to see the machine- pa...

Nov 03, 2022

$50,000 donation to expand and upgrade heath training lab at North West College

Healthcare students at North West College in North Battleford will be getting a better quality training facility thanks to a $50,000 donation from Cenovus Energy. The money will be used to increase th...

Nov 03, 2022

NDP, government, clash over maternal health care

The NDP and the provincial government sparred over maternal health care during Question Period in the Legislature on Tuesday. And the opposition used recent nursing shortages in Meadow Lake as an exam...

Nov 01, 2022

Results of First Nation suicide study show need for improvement, offer hope for change

Chief Margaret Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation remembers sitting in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' previous building three years ago, filled with emotion and sharing much of the p...

Nov 01, 2022

Alcohol freezies handed out by mistake during Halloween event

The Resort Village of Candle Lake had to issue a warning Saturday evening after a small number of freezies containing alcohol were handed out at a community children's party earlier in the day. "Pleas...

Oct 31, 2022

Province helping accredit health workers living in Sask. to counter shortage

It's about to get easier for health-care workers from other countries to work in Saskatchewan.Premier Scott Moe said part of the work being done to address the physician and health-care worker shortag...

Oct 29, 2022

‘Excited to see it continue’: The story of a graduate’s experience in Sturgeon Lake Health Center

In what's being called another step on the journey to reconciliation with First Nations peoples, a graduate from Saskatchewan Polytechnic is sharing her experience of working in a First Nations health...

Oct 26, 2022

New survey shows Saskatchewan residents support healthcare reform

As healthcare systems continue to deal with shortages and pressures, a new poll suggests Canadians are open to changes.Earlier this month, just over 1,500 Canadians took part in a survey from Second S...

Oct 25, 2022