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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Regina CPR teacher violated privacy after bringing students to emergency scene
A volunteer CPR instructor with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) violated a person's health privacy when she took a class of three students to a patient's Regina home as the patient was having ...
Sep 17, 2019
Sask. has highest rate of childhood obesity: Report
According to a new report, 33.4 per cent of children in Saskatchewan are obese. That's one of the findings contained in the report released Tuesday by the non-profit organization Children First Canada...
Sep 03, 2019
Some MPs are warning the parliamentary workload is going to kill someone
OTTAWA - Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are o...
Jul 14, 2019
Regina HIV testing pilot project getting 'positive' feedback
Regina non-profit Wellness Wheel says its pilot project to get more people tested for HIV has been getting good reviews. Since December, a Regina pharmacy has been offering the test to everyone who wa...
Feb 02, 2019 Provincial health minister Jim Reiter takes part in an HIV information session on June 27, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Geo-data to add life-saving minutes for STARS pilots
A made-in-Saskatchewan data-mapping system will help STARS air ambulance crews find and treat patients more quickly. The donated system was built by Information Services Corporation. It was an idea fi...
Jan 30, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina pharmacy sees spike in demand for flu shot
A deadly flu season may have peaked over Christmas in Saskatchewan, but there is still time to get a flu shot for protection. The weekly provincial influenza report confirmed six people, including thr...
Jan 10, 2019
Peak flu season claims 3 Sask. children
It has been a deadly flu season across Canada and Saskatchewan this year. According to the province's influenza surveillance report, six people have died of the flu as of Dec. 29, and the Ministry of ...
Jan 09, 2019
Flu cases starting to surge, with kids and teens especially vulnerable: doctors
TORONTO - Cases of influenza are continuing to ramp up across the country, with kids and teens bearing much of the brunt of the dreaded winter bug, say infectious diseases experts, predicting that the...
Jan 09, 2019
Christmas decorations not banned from health buildings
The Grinch hasn't stolen Christmas from Saskatchewan Health Authority buildings; the authority is reassuring people things are just being moved around. Some people have raised concerns recently after ...
Dec 18, 2018
Sask. flu season reaching peak: Chief medical health officer
If you're feeling ill, you might want to reconsider those holiday get-togethers. According to Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, flu season started three weeks early this year and should pea...
Dec 17, 2018 Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...