Tag Archives: Health

Bed bugs have been a problem in Saskatoon for years, but an outbreak of the pest has pushed a woman living at a downtown seniors complex to question what's being done. "I thin...

The Saskatchewan government is resuscitating a promise to eliminate emergency room waits. Health Minister Dustin Duncan says the province is planning a 60 per cent reduction by 2019, although the ulti...

Every World AIDS Day, public health officials in Saskatchewan release numbers of new HIV cases in the province. Historically the data is from the previous year, but that is slowly changing. This year,...

The group representing most of the radiologists in the Regina-Qu'Appelle Health Region are concerned patient safety is going to suffer after labour negotiations broke down. The Regina Associates of Ra...

The province has released documents on its 2015 tours of long-term care facilities across Saskatchewan. The Ministry of Health has been doing the tours since the spring of 2013 to "find out what's wor...

More doctors being trained in Saskatchewan are staying in Saskatchewan. The province says 30 new family medicine graduates from the University of Saskatchewan are now practising in the province. The r...

Several health groups are giving Saskatchewan a grade it calls "unacceptable" when it comes to protecting people from the harms of tobacco. The Lung Association, the Heart and Stroke Association and t...

Surgical wait times are up again - and Saskatchewan's NDP is blaming it on the government.   In a news release, NDP leader Cam Broten accused the government of cutting surgical budgets.   "A...

Concerned family and friends of opioid drugs users, like fentanyl, now have a new tool in the fight against drug overdose deaths in Saskatoon. Fifty Naloxone kits are now available through the Ma...

Results from a pilot research project run by the University of Saskatchewan and St. John's Ambulance showed a stark improvement in people's attitudes, levels of happiness, and compliance with addictio...