Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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JPCH will not house pediatric heart surgeons when doors open
As the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) prepares for the Sunday move-in date, there's one service that the state-of-the-art facility won't offer for pediatric patients. It won't have a pediatri...
Sep 26, 2019
Regina CPR teacher violated privacy after bringing students to emergency scene
A volunteer CPR instructor with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) violated a person’s health privacy when she took a class of three students to a patient’s Regina home as the patient...
Sep 17, 2019
Sask. has highest rate of childhood obesity: Report
According to a new report, 33.4 per cent of children in Saskatchewan are obese. That's one of the findings contained in the report released Tuesday by the non-profit organization Children First Canada...
Sep 03, 2019
Public Health Agency of Canada says salmonella outbreak in 6 provinces, 63 sick
WINNIPEG - Health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella in six provinces that has sickened 63 people, including 18 who have been hospitalized. The Public Health Agency of Canada said F...
Apr 06, 2019
Saskatoon MRI clinic to be a hub for research and education
Photo: Saskatoon's first private MRI clinic in Market Mall is slated to open in September. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM) When Saskatoon's first privately owned and operated MRI and CT facility opens this fa...
Mar 21, 2019 A Siemens Healthineers 3T MRI machine. (Siemens Healthineers)
STARS to use federal budget cash to replace fleet
STARS air ambulance got some good news in the 2019 federal budget. Ottawa committed $65 million to the air ambulance service in Tuesday's budget. Mike Lamacchia, STARS vice-president of operations in ...
Mar 20, 2019
Man's death prompts policy review at Sask. Cancer Centre
The family of a Kindersley man who died outside the Saskatoon Cancer Centre on the University of Saskatchewan campus is helping the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency fix its policies. In late February a 60-y...
Mar 18, 2019 The Saskatoon Cancer Centre at Royal University Hospital. (Saskatchewan Cancer Agency/saskcancer.ca)
Study using dogs to help Sask. kids with cerebral palsy
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are looking to see if the next breakthrough in cerebral palsy lies with man's best friend. Sarah Donkers, a physiotherapist with the department of rehabil...
Mar 04, 2019 A study at the University of Saskatchewan uses labernese dogs to help children with cerebral palsy walk. (University of Saskatchewan)
New Sask. Hospital tops fundraising goal following $1M donation
A $1 million donation is putting Saskatchewan's new psychiatric rehabilitation hospital over the top in its fundraising goal. Gordon and Jill Rawlinson, owners of Rawlco Radio, donated $1 million toda...
Feb 07, 2019 David Dekker (centre) poses with members of the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford New Beginnings campaign on Feb. 7, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
$6M donation kicks off hospice fundraising campaign
A big donation has helped kick off a campaign to build a hospice in Saskatoon. The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation launched its Close to Home fundraising drive Wednesday. The campaign got a major push ...
Jan 31, 2019 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
Major projects in Saskatoon and Regina must get done, but Sarah Mills says changes are needed to lessen the impact on tr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 6
8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...
