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Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for Covid-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facili...
May 11, 2025 A field hospital in the parking lot of Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
Sask. NDP says mental health underfunding is putting youth at risk
Betty Nippi-Albright, Saskatchewan NDP mental health and addictions critic, said the mental health crisis in the province is reaching a breaking point after nearly two decades of underfunding. In Sask...
May 05, 2025 From left are April ChiefCalf, Marilyn Irwin, Fran Forsberg, Megan Isbister, Dayna Nippi, Betty Nippi-Albright. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Two new cancer drugs approved for use in Sask., offering more treatment options
Two new cancer medications have been approved for use in Saskatchewan. The provincial government announced the expansion of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency's oncology drug formulary in a new release th...
Apr 06, 2025 The new drugs will be used to treat breast and prostate cancer. (Submitted)
Saskatoon City Hospital ER to close at 4 p.m. until end of June
For the fourth time since mid-February Saskatoon City Hospital's emergency department has reduced its hours of operation, this time until June 27, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said in a new...
Mar 14, 2025 For the fourth time since mid-February, Saskatoon City Hospital’s emergency department has reduced its hours of operation, and will now close at 4 p.m. until June 27. (650 CKOM files)
Moe addresses delegates at 2025 SARM Convention in Saskatoon
Hours after returning to Saskatchewan from another trip to the U.S. - this time to Houston, Texas for a mining and energy conference - Premier Scott Moe addressed the nearly 2,000 delegates at the 202...
Mar 12, 2025 Scott Moe addresses delegates at the 2025 SARM convention in Saskatoon (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Historic tobacco settlement sees Saskatchewan receive $700 million
A monumental tobacco settlement ruling in Ontario last week will see Saskatchewan receive around $700 million. In a news release on March 10, the Government of Saskatchewan said they are pleased with ...
Mar 10, 2025 Saskatchewan is set to receive around $700 million in a historic deal that calls for three major tobacco companies to pay out billions in compensation to provinces and territories as well as former smokers across Canada. (650 CKOM files)
'Unacceptable': HealthLine 811 outage Saturday leaves NDP asking questions
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said a technical issue is what led to its HealthLine 811 number being shut down for just over 30 minutes on Saturday. The SHA said in a statement on Monday afte...
Feb 24, 2025 NDP health critic Vicki Mowat is calling the HealthLine 811 outage on Saturday "unacceptable" and says the government's health-care plan isn't working. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Lack of doctors means Saskatoon City Hospital's ER hours now cut until March 2
Saskatoon City Hospital's emergency department has extended its adjusted hours until March 2, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said in a news release on Friday. On Feb 14, the SHA said the ER h...
Feb 21, 2025 Saskatoon City Hospital’s emergency department will operate with adjusted hours until March 2, 2025. (650 CKOM files)
Health-care workers 'cautiously optimistic' after meeting with ministers
Health-care workers across Saskatchewan have been sounding the alarm about the health-care system for quite some time. Some of those workers - who are members of SEIU-West - recently met with the prov...
Jan 10, 2025
Sick doctors mean hospital emergency department will close early Dec. 31
Saskatoon City Hospital's emergency department will close early on New Year's Eve because of physician illness. Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said in a news release on Monday that the emergency ...
Dec 30, 2024 Saskatoon City Hospital's emergency department will close early on New Year's Eve because of physician illness. (650 CKOM files)
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