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University of Alberta research team believes a cure for diabetes is within reach
Scientists at the University of Alberta believe they've come up with a way to cure diabetes. Dr. James Shapiro is the lead scientist working on the project. He spoke with 650 CKOM's Brent Loucks Thurs...
Dec 17, 2020 University of Alberta researchers are hopeful they have found a cure for diabetes. (Photo provided by University of Alberta)
Premiers’ demands for long-term health funding increase take back seat to pandemic
A meeting Thursday of Canada’s first ministers appears set to feature two different agendas. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hopes the meeting will focus on the country’s response to the COV...
Dec 10, 2020
Health-care worker whistleblower protection coming to Sask.
The province is introducing whistleblower legislation to protect health-care workers more than a year after it was initially promised. In a media release Thursday, the province outlined its new Public...
Dec 10, 2020
Moe offers thoughts on Christmas, vaccines, shutdown and more
Premier Scott Moe has a Christmas wish, but he's also tempering his expectations. During an appearance on Gormley on Monday, Moe discussed an earlier suggestion that COVID-19 restrictions could be rel...
Dec 07, 2020
Province to make more than 1,000 improvements to health-care facilities
The provincial government is outlining a $100-million investment in health-care facilities across Saskatchewan. In a media release Friday, the province noted that more than 1,000 projects have been id...
Dec 04, 2020
SHA to purchase 100 ventilators from Saskatoon company
A Saskatoon company is stepping up to the plate to help provide the province with 100 made-in-Saskatchewan ventilators. The Saskatchewan Health Authority, the University of Saskatchewan, and RMD Engin...
Dec 03, 2020
City of Saskatoon, SHA preach patience during storm cleanup
The City of Saskatoon is in what it calls "recovery mode." In a media release Monday, the city said the blizzard that hit over the weekend has presented "an incredibly challenging situation" that offi...
Nov 09, 2020 A motorist stops to clear the windshield wipers during the snowstorm on Nov. 8, 2020.
NDP promises to spend more on health care, Sask. Party focuses on benefits for kids
As the election campaign continues, both major provincial political parties are making another set of promises. The NDP is promising to spend more on health care. If elected, the party would spend $10...
Oct 05, 2020
NDP hopes to ban private health services, increase investment in health
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping to reform the provincial health-care system. The party announced a new policy Wednesday entitled The Saskatchewan Medicare Protection Act. A major change it lists is ban...
Sep 16, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili and NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat speaking on their plans for health-care changes on Sept. 16, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
‘Why not us?’: Asylum seekers on COVID-19 front lines demand permanent residency
MONTREAL - Doll Jean Frejus Nguessan Bi says he couldn't sleep at all last night. The asylum seeker from Ivory Coast works as a security guard in hospitals and long-term care homes in the Montreal are...
Aug 16, 2020 People take part in a protest outside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's constituency office in Montreal, Saturday, August 15, 2020, where they called on the government to give residency status to all migrant workers and asylum seekers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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