Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
Tag Archives: health
Saskatoon’s new urgent care centre to be built near St. Paul’s Hospital
The Government of Saskatchewan has teamed up with Ahtahkakoop Cree Developments (ACD) on a new urgent care centre in Saskatoon, and the location was made official Friday. Paul Merriman, Saskatchewan&#...
Apr 28, 2023
COVID deaths continue to decline: Sask. health ministry
Recent weeks have seen a downward trend when it comes to COVID-related deaths in Saskatchewan. The latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRISP) report from Saskatchewan's Ministry...
Apr 27, 2023
Take steps to reduce hantavirus risk during spring cleaning: Health ministry
Spring cleaning is underway around Saskatchewan, but the provincial health ministry is warning cleaners to be aware of the risk of hantavirus while working in enclosed spaces. According to the Ministr...
Apr 25, 2023
Emergency medical services to see more funding, staff thanks to budget increase
Emergency medical services (EMS) are set to improve in a number of Saskatchewan communities. An $8.8-million increase to annual funding - announced in the 2023-24 provincial budget - will bring EMS im...
Apr 19, 2023
Group advocating for universal coverage of contraceptives in Sask.
Inflation affecting the basic costs of every-day items has left people re-evaluating what products are “necessities” to purchase. A new advocacy group in Saskatchewan doesn't want to see p...
Apr 19, 2023
Memo shows government muzzling health-care workers: NDP
The opposition NDP claims the Saskatchewan Party is trying to muzzle health-care workers from speaking out after getting ahold of a Saskatchewan Health Authority memo. The memo was sent to SHA staff i...
Apr 19, 2023 The Sask. NDP's Vicki Mowat says the provincial government is trying to muzzle health-care workers, pointing to a memo sent when the NDP in Lanigan on its health-care tour. April 18, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan reports 10 COVID deaths, one flu death in past two weeks
Saskatchewan announced 10 deaths due to COVID-19 and one due to influenza in its latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report. In the biweekly report issued Thursday, the Ministry ...
Apr 13, 2023
Hundreds of Filipino nurses committed to joining Sask. workforce, ministry says
Saskatchewan is taking steps to add more nurses and health-care workers to the provincial workforce, and a recent recruitment mission to the Philippines has brought some success. Paul Merriman, Saskat...
Apr 06, 2023
Sask. reducing barriers for internationally educated health-care workers
Saskatchewan is looking to make it easier for people trained outside of Saskatchewan to get their credentials recognized in the province, with a move the provincial government calls "nation-leading." ...
Apr 05, 2023 Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID rates climb in latest report, 18 more deaths reported
COVID-19 rates are climbing in Saskatchewan. The Government of Saskatchewan's latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report, released on Thursday, showed increases in COVID-19 rates...
Mar 30, 2023
OPINION
Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 24
On Friday's show, Evan looks at the stormy forecast for Saskatchewan heading into the weekend, the potential delays to s...