Tag Archives: health

AIDS Saskatoon hopes Charlie Sheen's HIV diagnosis will give hope to people living with the virus and help fight discrimination. In an interview on NBC's Today show, the Hollywood actor revealed he wa...

A six-year-old boy is lying in a hospital bed unconscious and in pain, surrounded by family. When a nurse comes to administer morphine, the unthinkable happens -- the little boy stops breathing a...

The city of Yorkton is seeing a cluster of whooping cough cases. Since August, the Sunrise Health Region has confirmed seven whooping cough cases in Yorkton, with another dozen people showing symptoms...

In less than a year, a medical marijuana dispensary in Whitewood has donated $90,000 to the community. "Well that's what a compassionate club was originally designed to do," owner Jerry Martin told Ne...

Extendicare Inc. has made a new deal to buy three more retirement communities - two of them in Saskatchewan. The $78.6-million agreements are expected to close on Dec. 1. The properties are located in...

Two local restaurants in Regina are launching a fundraising initiative in the hopes of helping people with living with AIDS in Saskatchewan. The event coincides with upcoming World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. I...

It costs more to get heart healthy in Regina than anywhere else in the province. Patients are reporting cardiac rehabilitation costs at the Paul Schwaan Centre for Health and Research Centre at t...

Residents in Warman are now having to drive to Saskatoon to get their blood work done after the community's blood lab closed this month. The lab has operated out of the Gama Family Minor Emergency Med...

Last month's raid on a Saskatoon marijuana dispensary has spurred a local man to launch a human rights complaint against the mayor and police chief. Kelly Anderson said the Saskatchewan...

A ceremony in Moose Jaw marked the official grand opening of the new Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital on Friday. The hospital is named after long-time Moose Jaw physician Dr. F.H. Wigmorem who pract...