Tag Archives: Health

As the country reacts to a youth suicide crisis in the community of Attawapiskat, people who work in Saskatchewan's north say the same problems are rampant here.   Ken Ladouceur is the director o...

Regina's Pasqua hospital is struggling to find beds for all the patients who have come through the emergency room. The facility is in code burgundy meaning patients ready to be discharged from the ER ...

The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is calling attention to the need for better mental health services as an election issue. Dr. Mark Brown is a family physician in Moose Jaw and the president ...

A new report suggests health inequalities related to higher rates of death and mental disorders have persisted in Saskatchewan for more than a decade. These inequalities are preventable differences in...

A 48-year-old man from Stanley Mission is facing charges for allegedly spreading rumours that food at a La Ronge business had been contaminated with HIV by a needle.   The RCMP ale...

Saskatchewan could have its first case of Zika virus spread through sexual contact. Deputy chief medical health officer Dr. Denise Werker announced a woman from somewhere in the province had sex with ...

The 29th Annual Z99 Radiothon has hit a new record, raising a total of $783,807 for the Hospitals of Regina Foundation in support of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Dino Sophocleous is the CE...

Parents and schools in and around Regina are being warned about gastrointestinal illness. A public health notice was sent out by the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region on Friday. It stated the illness is...

At age 63, Ted Quewezance estimates he's been to more than 400 funerals. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) senator and former chief of the Keeseekoose First Nation says violenc...

The Saskatchewan NDP's latest campaign promise on Sunday, they're setting their sights on health care, specifically what it called the "bloated management." The party pledged to eliminate $25 million ...