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Saskatoon man with terminal cancer giving magic mushrooms a shot
A Saskatoon man has been given a special exemption to take psilocybin mushrooms to help him deal with the psychological impact of his terminal cancer. Thomas Hartle is a 52-year-old father of two. He'...
Aug 10, 2020 Thomas Hartle in his hospital bed. (Thomas Hartle/Facebook)
Cancer screening to return during SHA phase one resumption of services
The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency was pleased to see the Saskatchewan Health Authority unveil its plans to resume medical services across the province on Tuesday. As part of the phase one in the four-pha...
May 07, 2020 The Saskatoon Cancer Centre at Royal University Hospital. (Saskatchewan Cancer Agency/saskcancer.ca)
Saskatoon Cancer Centre taking extra precautions to mitigate COVID-19
Saskatchewan now has more than 100 cases of COVID-19, which has people and businesses taking measures to try to stop the spread of the virus. Many people are doing their part by social distancing and ...
Mar 27, 2020 Saskatoon Cancer Centre
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After cancer scare, Dewey helping lead Cougars on the court
Emily Dewey admits she has always had a weird hip, but never expected to receive the diagnosis she got last year. It was determined she had developed a tumour in her left hip. "I’m naturally ver...
Nov 29, 2019
WCB expands ‘presumptive coverage’ list for Sask. firefighters
Saskatchewan firefighters are about to get access to coverage for more illnesses from the Workers' Compensation Board. Starting Friday, six additional cancers - prostate, skin, breast, cervical, ovari...
Nov 12, 2019
Ottawa keeping tabs as doctors sound alarm about cancer drug supply
OTTAWA - The federal health minister's office says it is keeping a close watch on the supply of three generic cancer drugs as doctors raise serious concerns about the risk of critical shortages across...
Aug 07, 2019
U of S 'assassin antibody' shows promise in killing cancer
A promising research breakthrough at the University of Saskatchewan could end up being a cure for colorectal cancer. A research team has developed an "assassin antibody" that attaches itself to colore...
Feb 15, 2019 Research lead Humphrey Fonge (background) and post-doctoral trainee Behlol Khan working on an "assassin antibody" that kills colorectal cancer cells. (David Stobbe/University of Saskatchewan)
Sask. NHLer helps net life-saving donation for teen with leukemia
The NHL's St. Louis Blues put out a video this week showing how a program set up in honour of a Saskatchewan woman who died of leukemia has helped save a life. Mandi Schwartz died in 2011 at the age o...
Jan 25, 2019 Regan Brown, 18, of Alabama was linked up with a donor for a life-saving bone marrow transplant through a registry set up by the family of Saskatchewan NHL player Jaden Schwartz. (Regan Brown/Facebook)
Kamsack family looks forward to cancer-free Christmas
A Kamsack family is getting the best Christmas present of all this year: a clean bill of health for their daughter. Brittney Durell said her daughter Zarah Googe, 3, has been undergoing monthly chemot...
Dec 23, 2018 Zarah Googe, 3, will have her last treatment for leukemia in February 2019 after first being diagnosed in 2016. (Brittney Durell/Submitted)
Cancer claims made easier for Sask. firefighters
The provincial government is making it easier for firefighters to receive Worker's Compensation Board (WCB) benefits for certain types of cancer. Six types of cancer -- prostate, skin, cervical, ovari...
Dec 04, 2018
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Murray Wood: Hard to know how much confidence to have in the Sask. budget
After last year's Saskatchewan budget went from a tiny surplus to a major deficit, Murray Wood says it's difficult to sa...
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