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Wildfire smoke raises air quality risks for all in Saskatchewan
This smoke drifting across Saskatchewan could have a bigger impact on you than you realize. The air quality index across Saskatchewan is trending higher than normal due to wildfire smoke, and air qual...
Aug 16, 2024 Air quality advisories from Environment Canada remained in effect on Friday for much of the province. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
Saskatchewan saw first-ever case of H3N2v swine flu in July
It's a disease so rare, there have only been four recorded cases in Canada since 2005. One of those cases was detected in Saskatchewan last month. According to the province's latest Community Respirat...
Aug 16, 2024 No information was shared on where in Saskatchewan the person lives, but the individual was not hospitalized and has since fully recovered. (980 CJME file photo)
Mpox strain spreading in African countries could arrive in Canada, doctors say
The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn't appeared before, Canadian experts say. The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in ...
Aug 16, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith says legislation on school pronouns coming after September
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce legislation on pronouns in schools after classes begin in September. Smith said the new policy requiring parents to consent...
Aug 15, 2024
Calgary daycares shut down by Alberta government over safety concerns pushing back
EDMONTON - The operators of three Calgary child-care facilities shut down this week are speaking out against the Alberta government's inspection process, saying they've been discriminated against. The...
Aug 15, 2024
Regina Urgent Care Centre adjusting through first weeks
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the new Regina Urgent Care Centre is helping reduce pressure on both of Regina's emergency rooms, though it's still too early to quantify. Thomas Stewart, the he...
Aug 15, 2024
The challenge of linking Listeria cases to some plant-based milks
It wasn't until a cluster of Listeria cases emerged in Ontario that the federal health agency says it was able to find the source of an outbreak that's now linked to three deaths and 20 infections. Ev...
Aug 15, 2024
Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as 'unborn human being' in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet
PHOENIX (AP) - An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an "unborn human being," the ...
Aug 14, 2024
Canada must respond to mpox crisis in Africa to prevent spread here, experts say
The World Health Organization's declaration of mpox as a global public health emergency means Canada must do its part to help stem outbreaks of the virus in Africa, experts say. "Where there is a fire...
Aug 14, 2024
Quebec to authorize early requests for MAID, won't wait for Ottawa to change law
QUBEC - Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent. The ...
Aug 14, 2024
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