Saskatchewan Health Authority announces new care beds for Saskatoon, Regina
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced 260 new beds to speed up patient discharge and transitions from acute care to other care settings.
Canada
Mar 21
Measles immunization rates in Sask. high as out-of-province cases pop up
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reminding residents to get their measles vaccine.
Health
Mar 7
Sask. to open Breast Health Centre, expand screening age
The centre will be located at Regina Centre Crossing on Albert Street, and will be operated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
Canada
Mar 5
Regina Urgent Care Centre construction is now complete
Officials have announced that construction on the new Regina Urgent Care Centre is complete, and an opening date is expected this summer.
Health
Apr 9
CUPE holds rally at Regina hospital on cost of living for health-care workers
Health-care workers gathered at the Pasqua Hospital to rally together and bring awareness to the impact of the cost-of-living crisis they currently face.
Health
Apr 19
Prairie Harm Reduction sees increase in fentanyl use in Saskatoon
"We are seeing more and more people who are knowingly using fentanyl because that is what is available," said Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) executive director Kayla DeMong.
Canada
Apr 30
Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. needs to repay $8M following CRA audit
REAL will need to repay the federal government $8 million following an audit from the CRA in funding for businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada
Apr 5
Pilot project aims to cut Regina and Saskatoon ambulance wait times
A new pilot project aims to reduce ambulance wait times by having a nurse evaluate emergency calls.
Health
Apr 3
Estevan, Sask. hospital to receive MRI services thanks to private donor
Plans are going forward to bring MRI services to St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan after the province approved a private donation of $2 million.
Health
Mar 28
Possible Hepatitis A exposure at Saskatoon Shoppers Drug Mart
Anyone who purchased food and beverage items between Feb. 27 and March 19 at the Centre Mall Shoppers Drug Mart could have been exposed if they didn't use a self-checkout.
Canada
Mar 21
Sask. government announces largest budget increase to health-care funding
The budget for 2024-25 shows the province announced a record investment of $7.6 billion for health care which includes investments for various initiatives.
Politics
Mar 20
Wolseley, Sask. food bank supply dwindling, call for donations made
In a town of 850 people, the local food bank in Wolseley is seeing their food supply dwindle and hope others can step up and help fill their closet with non-perishable food.
Canada
Mar 13
Saskatchewan announces new initiatives to enhance, expand nurse practitioner clinics
The province announced new initiatives to enhance and expand utilization of Nurse Practitioners throughout the health care system.
Health
Mar 12
Saskatchewan sees strep throat, measles cases as winter rages on
According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), 2023 saw some of the highest numbers of strep cases in the last five years.
Canada
Jan 19
Sask. surgeries continue to grow, while rural health-care workers head out of province
Saskatchewan has cut significantly into its surgery wait-list after performing a record number of procedures in the first nine months of the fiscal year.
Health
Feb 27
‘Puppet show’: Saskatchewan finance minister apologizes for text to Speaker
Finance minister Donna Harpauer was ordered to apologize Monday after she sent the Speaker a text accusing him of letting the legislature devolve into an 'Opposition puppet show.'
Politics
Apr 16
Report looks at health care in rural Saskatchewan
Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it's been a struggle for years to keep family doctors because they retire or move elsewhere.
Health
Apr 21
Alberta releases drought response plan, including steps it would take to declare emergency
Stage 5 of the plan would be declaring an emergency under the Water Act. The province said this would only be done as a last resort.
Environment
May 2
SHA adds 116 hospital care beds to the province, nurses say not enough
On Thursday, the SHA said they have hired 90 positions in Saskatoon, with 190 other positions open across the province, most of them in Saskatoon and Regina.
Canada
Feb 15
Over 25% of young Canadian deaths linked to opioids amid pandemic: study
Across Canada, the burden of premature opioid-related deaths doubled between 2019 and 2021, representing more than one-quarter of deaths among younger adults, a study found.
Health
Apr 15