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Many Saskatchewan drivers give each other a little wave when they pass on the roads or highways, but Sarah Mills says sh...
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Feds providing Saskatchewan with $560M in health-care funding
Saskatchewan is getting $560 million in federal funding to improve health care in the province. On Monday in Regina, the federal and provincial governments announced they had signed two bilateral agre...
Mar 18, 2024 Saskatchewan Health Minister Everett Hindley talks about the improvements he hopes the province will be able to make in health-care programs with the $560 million from the federal government announced Monday. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland (left) also was on hand for the announcement Monday. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Government, NDP weigh in on attempted robbery at Regina hospital
REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP is questioning how the province’s health-care system got so bad after a woman was robbed at knifepoint in a hospital waiting area. Health Criti...
Mar 13, 2024
Sask. gov't says more than 1,000 nursing grads hired since December 2022
The Saskatchewan government says it has hired more than 1,000 nursing graduates over the past 14 months. In an update Thursday on the progress of the Health Human Resources Action Plan, the government...
Mar 07, 2024
'It has to stop:' Leaders call for help as crisis in Pelican Narrows worsens
By Derek Craddock On a day meant to recognize and celebrate the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN), members and leaders instead took to the microphone to share stories of fear, violence and a health-...
Feb 06, 2024 Chief Karen Bird of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation at a news conference in Prince Albert on Feb. 5, 2024. (Derek Craddock/paNOW Staff)
Doctors ratify four-year contract with Saskatchewan government
Saskatchewan's doctors have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract with the provincial government. In a media release Monday, the government revealed that 93 per cent of physicians wh...
Feb 05, 2024
Moose Jaw podiatrist raising concerns over referral system
By Shawn Slaght A Moose Jaw podiatrist and the Opposition NDP are concerned about Saskatchewan's health-care referral system and the availability of MLAs. Dr. Ata Stationwala practises at the Moose Ja...
Feb 02, 2024
PCL awarded $898M contract to build acute care tower at P.A. Victoria Hospital
The $898-million contract to design and build a new acute care tower at Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital is going to PCL Construction Management Ltd. The agreement includes design and construction of...
Feb 01, 2024 The new addition is expected to boost the hospital's capacity by 40 per cent. (paNOW file photo)
21 Filipino nurses working in Sask. as part of human resources plan
A number of nurses recruited in the Philippines have started working in Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Health, 21 Filipino nurses have now completed their training and begun working in com...
Jan 16, 2024 The Ministry of Health says it's making progress on its efforts to address worker shortages in Saskatchewan health care. (650 CKOM file photo)
Minister says Sask. working to address persistent health-care issues
Saskatchewan's minister of health doesn't think the province is seeing a crisis in health care. Everett Hindley said he does, however, believe there are some problems to fix within the system, both ac...
Jan 10, 2024 Saskatchewan's health system has some persistent challenges, but despite the issues Health Minister Everett Hindley stopped short of saying the system is experiencing a crisis. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Sask. Health Authority, nurses' union at odds over 'new' health-care positions
As Saskatchewan continues to face a shortage of health-care workers in the province, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is announcing more staff and long-term care capacity is coming to Saskatoon...
Dec 21, 2023 The province announced this week the hiring of more health care workers to deal with capacity issues. (City Hospital file photo)
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