Sarah Mills: Lessons to be learned as court rules against Trump in Harvard funding case
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump was wrong in cancelling grants to Harvard University. As Sarah Mil...
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International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
OTTAWA - Fewer students are coming from abroad to study at Canadian universities this fall, and Universities Canada is warning that the numbers have dropped below the cap the federal government set on...
Aug 30, 2024
Health foundations donate $500k to new sonography training program
They say 'it takes a village,' and six charitable hospital foundations in Saskatchewan are taking teamwork seriously when it comes to improving the state of health care in the province. The six groups...
Aug 29, 2024
High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government revealed Thursday that it expects to spend more than it collects in revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal year as it scrambles to cover health-care expenses, includi...
Aug 29, 2024
NDP says conditions deteriorating, ERs overflowing at Sask. hospitals
The Saskatchewan NDP says a troubling situation is unfolding at hospitals in Saskatchewan. On Tuesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat said conditions at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon are worse now t...
Aug 29, 2024 Ambulances lined up outside St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. The Saskatchewan NDP says St. Paul's and other hospitals are seeing serious issues with crowding and staffing. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Doctors, nurses say Alberta plan to transfer hospitals alarming and concerning
EDMONTON - Alberta's doctors and nurses say they have questions and concerns about the government's plan to off-load underperforming hospitals to third-party operators. Dr. Paul Parks, president of th...
Aug 28, 2024
14 new internationally trained docs now working in rural Sask.
Fourteen new internationally trained doctors are working in rural parts of the province. According to the Ministry of Health, the doctors completed the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice As...
Aug 28, 2024 Doctors working in rural Saskatchewan are also eligible for some major incentives, as the province continues its efforts to get more physicians working in rural and remote areas. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi slams premier's plan to transfer hospitals
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith needs to explain her plan to potentially transfer control of underperforming hospitals to third parties. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi say...
Aug 27, 2024
City Hospital Foundation raising $3M for state-of-the-art CT scanner
The Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation is working to raise millions of dollars for a new, state-of-the-art CT scanner. The foundation said it wants the hospital to have the very best technology, in or...
Aug 27, 2024 The scanner at City Hospital helped more than 15,000 patients in 2022-23. (Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation/Submitted)
Sharp rise in whooping cough cases reported in several provinces
TORONTO - Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Canada, with some provinces reporting sharp increases compared to pre-pandemic averages. More than 11,670 cases have been reported in Quebec so far th...
Aug 27, 2024
Advocates vow to fight Ford on consumption sites, he says they should be grateful
TORONTO - Advocates for supervised consumption sites vowed Monday to fight Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to shutter 10 of those spots, saying the sites save lives and should be expanded instead...
Aug 26, 2024
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