Tag Archives: Health

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Construction on the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital suffered a setback this month. Parts of the facility flooded on Jan. 25 after a water line in one of the main floor bathrooms sprung a leak. Water ...

The NHL's St. Louis Blues put out a video this week showing how a program set up in honour of a Saskatchewan woman who died of leukemia has helped save a life. Mandi Schwartz died in 2011 at the age o...