Tag Archives: Health

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...

Any attempt to build a safe injection site in Saskatoon could face a public relations battle, according to a new poll.   Mainstreet surveyed 600 residents of Saskatoon between Jan. 3-4 ...

The province and federal government have reached an agreement on health transfers. It comes after negotiations stalled last month between the health ministers who were looking for as much as a 5.2 per...

The provincial government predicts it will save between $10 million to $20 million by consolidating 12 existing health regions into a single authority.   Health Minister Jim Reiter said...

Dozens of surgeries and procedures at Regina's Pasqua Hospital are being postponed or moved to the General Hospital Tuesday. The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR) said this is to ensure safe and ...

The New-Year's resolutioners have once again descended on the city's gyms.   "I found a lot of people have been emailing us," said Brandon Wicks with Rise Strength Lab. "They want promotional rat...

A woman named to Forbes Magazine's "30-under-30" list has a Saskatoon connection.    Alaa Murabit, 27, was raised in Saskatoon, where she graduated high school at 15.   From there, Mura...

People who got this year's flu shot should probably be glad they did. Simon Kapaj, Deputy medical health officer with the Saskatoon health region, said this year's vaccine contained the H3N2 strain. "...

Two people are spending Christmas with their families this year thanks to a group of Saskatoon heroes.   Elaine Brecelj and Karen Villanoa were among five people awarded plaques by MD Ambula...