Tag Archives: Health

After the Accountable Care Unit pilot project was deemed a success, the province is expanding it to decrease wait times in emergency rooms. The project was set up last year at the Pasqua Hospital. It'...

Saskatoon saw the second death of a missing senior within just a few months over the weekend.   Police put out a missing persons bulletin Friday for Kay Braget, 89.   Her body was found...

Saskatchewan is confirming its first case of mumps this year and two further expected cases are under investigation. A government official confirmed in an email to The Canadian Press that the cases be...

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is warning Saskatoon-area dog owners about a potentially deadly virus. The SPCA's Saskatoon shelter took in a puppy late last week...

The wide use of artificial sweeteners in our food has given a team of scientists a golden opportunity to answer a horrifying question: "Just how much pee is in the pool?"   Researchers from the U...

A number of players in the Western Hockey League have been benched due to an outbreak of mumps.   The league sent an alert Friday to all 22 teams after several cases involving the Medicine Hat Ti...

Health Canada has issued an advisory about a recall affecting certain models of Britax baby strollers sold in Canada between May 1, 2011 and Feb. 15, 2017.   All Britax B-Agile and BOB Mobile-typ...

REGINA - Staffing levels and a lack of baths are once again topping a list of concerns from residents of long-term care homes in Saskatchewan. The issues are identified in reports compiled after healt...

It's a bit of a blur to Sylvia Tuckanow, but she remembers being forced into getting her tubes tied at Royal University Hospital in 2001. After she had given birth to her sixth child, a son, Tuckanow ...

The Saskatoon Health Region (SHR) is set to begin a review into cases where women have reported being pressured into having their tubes tied. The SHR changed its policy around tubal ligation proc...