Tag Archives: health

By Nolan Kowal A Saskatchewan family is coping with an insanely high medical bill and other expenses after a man suffered a stroke while in Arizona and was denied medical coverage. Louis Lamothe of Ha...

Saskatchewan has accepted the federal government's offer of increased health-care funding, but the provincial health minister says it falls short of Ottawa's obligation. The funding boost includes a o...

Fifteen registered nurses from Philippines are preparing to start work in Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Health, the nurses are currently working through a “bridging” program t...

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending downward in Saskatchewan. According to a report from the Ministry of Health covering the period from Jan. 29 through last Saturday, the pro...

The new Urgent Care Centre in Regina is halfway home. The Saskatchewan government announced Friday that construction on the facility at 1320 Albert St. is 50 per cent complete. According to the govern...

With health-care staff already overworked, they shouldn't be tasked with catching unwanted visitors on top of their normal duties. That's how Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck said she feels after se...

The Saskatchewan government is taking the next step on the long-awaited parkade planned for Regina's General Hospital. In a media release Thursday, the government announced it has put out a Request fo...

The prime minister's proposed increase to health-care funding is a “good first step,” according to the head of a Saskatchewan health-care union. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a $1...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says it's clear Ottawa has "no interest" in becoming a full funding partner on health care. Moe's comments follow a commitment the federal government made Tuesday to inc...

Carol LaFayette-Boyd is proving you may never have to slow down. LaFayette-Boyd was a track star during her high school days at Sheldon-Williams Collegiate in Regina, but she never thought she would r...