Tag Archives: health

A month ago we were dealing with smoke from wildfires in Saskatchewan today smoke from fires the the U.S. pacific northwest has drifted into Saskatchewan.   The haze prompted Environment Canada t...

Anyone tested for hepatitis C within the Saskatoon Health Region between 2012 and March 2015 may need to get retested because of a change in technology. The health region discovered in March that...

If you use a vapourizer to get your nicotine hit, the city wants you to take a walk. Saskatoon city council passed a vote Thursday that will see electronic cigarettes treated the same as conventional ...

Saskatoon's homeless population is overwhelmingly aboriginal, generally male and fairly young. This based on data collected by the Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR) during a p...

If the rest of the country was as healthy as people in B.C., Canada would save billions of dollars on its health care system.That's from a new study published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health ...

After being placed on paid suspension in April, Peter Bowden labelled the events around it a "conspiracy." Many of the circumstances around the Saskatoon care aide's case remain shrouded in secrecy fo...

Moments after speaking to city officials about regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in Saskatoon, compassion club owner Mark Hauk opened the doors to the city's first dispensary. "It's open for e...

A whistleblower who raised concerns over how seniors are treated at a Saskatoon care home has been fired. Care aide Peter Bowden brought his concerns about care at Oliver Lodge to the legislature in M...

Calling Canada's medical marijuana laws too restrictive, a Saskatoon man hopes to bend the ear of city officials to get them to make private dispensaries legal.Saskatoon Compassion Club owner Mark Hau...

 Staff at the St. Paul's Hospital morgue were evacuated Friday night after a small amount of liquid formaldehyde was spilled. The Saskatoon Fire Department arrived around 10:30 p.m. and foun...