Tag Archives: health

The Saskatoon Health Region is investigating the cause of a rise in lung infections after six cancer patients were infected.The region's hematology program noticed an increased rate of fungal lung inf...

The boy who ran away from Saskatoon's Kilburn Hall on Wednesday night is the brother of the boy who died while in custody at the youth detention facility last week, CKOM has learned. "I lost my o...

Kindersley RCMP are warning about fake OxyContin pills.The pills contain fentanyl, a highly toxic opiod linked to deaths across Canada in recent years.Green fentanyl tablets marked to look like OxyCon...

The officer of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner challenges the Saskatoon Health Region to disclose the name and the punishment received by an employee who they caught snooping med...

A young offender has died while serving a sentence at Saskatoon's Kilburn Hall youth centre.Drew Wildby, executive director of corporate affairs with the Ministry of Justice, said the death happened o...

 From assaults to car crashes, Saskatoon paramedics were kept extremely busy over the August long weekend. MD Ambulance responded to 256 calls between Friday and Monday morning, up from 180 durin...

 The founder of a Saskatoon-based compassion club hopes to bend the ear of city council to get them to look at medical marijuana dispensary regulations. Mark Hauk submitted a letter to Saskatoon ...

Every 60 seconds, someone in Canada needs blood. Seven years ago, it was Chris Pointer.On June 2, 2008, Pointer was riding his motorcycle along Warman Road on the way to his mother's house to wish her...

Three Ontario sisters are preparing to bare it all this weekend in a topless rally as they fight to bring awareness to the right of women to go shirtless in the province.But would they have the same r...

For the second time in less than a month, there's a case of anthrax in Saskatchewan. Laboratory results from July 28 confirmed anthrax has killed at least one cow and is the suspected cause of de...