Sarah Mills: The gross reactions to Sean 'Diddy' Combs' conviction
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Seniors devastated by decision not to rebuild care home after fire
Former residents of a low-income seniors' villa in Carievale say they are at a loss after learning the province is refusing to rebuild their home. After the building was damaged by a fire in January, ...
Jun 09, 2022 Patricia Henderson (left) and Catherine Finkle were living at the Carie-Villa low income seniorss housing building in Carievale until a fire in January took away their home. (Rhonda Halliday/Submitted)
Moe gathers with western premiers to talk health-care funding
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed back many things. But while concerts, hockey games and vacations can be rescheduled, that's not always the case with surgeries and other health procedures. As Canada e...
May 27, 2022
Monkeypox no cause for panic: Microbiologist
Monkeypox is making headlines around the world, but is it something we need to be worried about? Dr. Joseph Blondeau, head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital and provincial lead for...
May 24, 2022
NDP asks province to address overcapacity issues at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital
The Saskatchewan NDP is asking the provincial government to do something to address recent overcapacity issues at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) in Saskatoon. A letter -- dated Wednesday, mar...
Apr 07, 2022 Saskatoon police allege a teenage girl was threatened with a weapon and sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital on Oct 11, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Lanigan mayor pushing for answers about shuttered local hospital
It has been about two years since people in Lanigan were able to get stitches or even a tetanus shot in the hospital in their town -- and the mayor is still looking for answers. Early in the pandemic,...
Apr 06, 2022
Federal bill would give Saskatchewan $61M to address surgical backlog
Saskatchewan's push to reduce its surgical wait list got a nudge from the federal government on Friday. The feds introduced Bill C-17 which, if passed, would give a one-time top-up of $2 billion to pr...
Mar 25, 2022
Saskatchewan still seeing strain on hospitals due to COVID
Saskatchewan's battle with COVID-19 may have crested, but the virus is still at high levels and it's causing ongoing stresses in health care. During a physicians’ town hall Thursday evening, med...
Mar 18, 2022
NDP, Regina physician call on province to do more to keep doctors
Dr. Tomi Mitchell has run a medical clinic in Regina for more than a decade, but she's shutting those doors. "What I see right now is beyond tragic. I took an oath over a decade ago to do my best as a...
Mar 16, 2022
Privacy commissioner recommends SHA phase out fax machines
Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner had to deal with almost two dozen breaches of private health information last year related to fax machines or their electronic systems - and those are only the ones...
Mar 04, 2022
'Longer and more severe': Doctors expecting hospital numbers to rise
Saskatchewan hospitals are getting close to full if they're not already, according to a presentation from last week's physicians’ town hall. The town hall is a virtual presentation put on every ...
Feb 14, 2022
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