Tag Archives: health

Kids staying in Saskatchewan hospitals are getting new roommates - stuffed animals from Teddy Bears Anonymous. The Regina-based non-profit provides the furry friends to hospitals, paramedics and first...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with Canada's premiers next month to try and hammer out a new deal for health-care funding. Trudeau made the announcement Wednesday morning, saying the meet...

The number of lab-confirmed COVID-19 and influenza cases in Saskatchewan both dropped slightly in the last two weeks of 2022, but the province saw an increase in cases of RSV. According to the Ministr...

Starting Monday, some new COVID-19 vaccination options for children will be available in Saskatchewan. The Pfizer bivalent vaccine will become available as a first or second booster for children aged ...

Saskatchewan's chief coroner is looking to improve things after the drug overdose death of a man just hours after he was released from hospital. Shayne Turner, 31, died in November 2021 of a drug over...

Turkey dinner with mashed potatoes smothered in gravy is a holiday meal we often look forward to — and topping that off with dessert will make those calories add up. According to a study by Wren...

Job offers have been accepted by nearly two dozen health-care workers so far in the Philippines, according to Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Andrew Will. In an effort to address Saskatchewan's shor...

As Saskatchewan struggles with a lack of health-care workers, the provincial government is offering big incentives to workers in high-priority roles in rural areas. The Rural and Remote Recruitment In...

COVID-19 cases, outbreaks and deaths are all on the rise in Saskatchewan, according to the Ministry of Health. In the latest biweekly update, the ministry reported 1,154 new cases - 488 in the week of...

There's a lot of relief being felt in a Saskatchewan town, after a major step was taken towards reopening beds at the local hospital. The relief comes in the form of six new nurses hired to work in Ka...