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B.C. human rights commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
A British Columbia woman could not find her very ill spouse for three months after her loved one was detained by provincial authorities. The province's human rights commissioner said it's one example ...
Apr 08, 2025
Wellness bus arrives in Saskatoon, providing health care to vulnerable
Help is now on wheels in Saskatoon as a new community wellness bus brings healthcare to the city's most vulnerable. The bus will offer basic medical care along with mental health and addiction support...
Apr 07, 2025 Saskatoon's new community wellness bus will operate year-round from Wednesday to Sunday. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
The gift of life: How two organ donors saved Saskatoon's Emma Crawley
This time last year, Megan Crawley was sitting in a hospital room at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. The Saskatoon mother spent day after day at her daughter Emma's bedside, hoping again...
Apr 07, 2025 A liver transplant 10 months ago saved Emma Crawley's life. Her mom Megan Crawley has now helped launch the Move For Life Saskatchewan Family Grant to help other families with the financial strain of pediatric organ transplants. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw milli...
Apr 06, 2025 Biosecurity warning signs are seen on a locked gate at a commercial poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., in November 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Two new cancer drugs approved for use in Sask., offering more treatment options
Two new cancer medications have been approved for use in Saskatchewan. The provincial government announced the expansion of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency's oncology drug formulary in a new release th...
Apr 06, 2025 The new drugs will be used to treat breast and prostate cancer. (Submitted)
Recruiters see surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruit...
Apr 04, 2025
Not simple for Saskatchewan to end contract with American lab company: minister
REGINA - Saskatchewan's health minister says he can't pull the plug on a contract with an American company offering lab services in the province. Jeremy Cockrill told the legislative assembly Thursday...
Apr 03, 2025
Alberta, nurses union reach four-year deal, pay increases up to 20 per cent
EDMONTON - Alberta's nurses union has signed a four-year contract with the province after months of bargaining and mediation. The United Nurses of Alberta says the new deal will see over 30,000 nurses...
Apr 03, 2025
Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords
Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the ex...
Apr 02, 2025
All 60 inpatients beds now open at Lumsden addiction treatment centre
Saskatchewan's newest - and largest - addictions treatment centre is now fully open for patients. On Wednesday, the provincial government announced that all 60 inpatient spaces at the EHN Willowview R...
Apr 02, 2025 The former Living Skies Retreat near Lumsden was renovated to become the largest addictions treatment facility in the province, and all 60 inpatient spaces are now open. (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
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