Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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STARS gets another big boost from BHP
Donations to STARS Air Ambulance mean a lot to those in urgent need of critical care. On Friday, BHP donated $1.5 million to the non-profit organization to help it continue its critical work. Simon Th...
Feb 03, 2023 (Steve Seto/650 CKOM)
Health minister says recruiting underway as long-term care standards updated
After national standards for long-term care were updated this week, Saskatchewan's health minister says the provincial government is trying to be part of the solution. The new standards are voluntary,...
Feb 02, 2023 (File photo/980 CJME)
Health ministry, SHA working to improve security at hospitals
The Saskatchewan Health Authority and Ministry of Health are working together to address safety concerns raised by health-care workers. On Dec. 6, Saskatoon police said a woman walking to Saskatoon's ...
Feb 01, 2023
Sask. Cancer Agency seeks participants for huge health study
The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency is looking for thousands of people to join a massive health research study. The study, dubbed Healthy Future Sask, is the local component of a 50-year pan-Canadian healt...
Feb 01, 2023
Province adds more than 550 new training spots for health careers
In its latest effort to address the shortage of health-care workers in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is funding the creation of hundreds of new post-secondary training seats across 18 differ...
Jan 31, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Pressure on hospitals 'levelling off,' SHA executive says
The province is starting to see a plateau of respiratory illnesses now that the holidays have passed, and some demand on hospitals seems to be levelling off. That's according to Derek Miller, the Sask...
Jan 28, 2023
Virtual ultrasound makes prenatal care more accessible in Sask.
At four locations around Saskatchewan, families can experience ultrasounds in their home communities while the hand controlling the probe is sometimes hundreds of kilometres away. The new telerobotic ...
Jan 26, 2023 Sonographer Natalie Kanigan demonstrates a virtual ultrasound. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Province touts progress on health-care recruitment plan
Saskatchewan's government is making good progress on its efforts to recruit more health-care workers, according to the Ministry of Health. The provincial government's Health Human Resources Action Pla...
Jan 26, 2023
'A priceless gift:' Saskatchewan charity giving teddy bears to children in hospital
Kids staying in Saskatchewan hospitals are getting new roommates - stuffed animals from Teddy Bears Anonymous. The Regina-based non-profit provides the furry friends to hospitals, paramedics and first...
Jan 25, 2023 (Teddy Bears Anonymous/Facebook)
Prime minister and premiers to discuss health-care funding during meeting in Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with Canada's premiers next month to try and hammer out a new deal for health-care funding. Trudeau made the announcement Wednesday morning, saying the meet...
Jan 25, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
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