Tag Archives: health

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...

More than four feet of water is sitting in the basement of the Cancer Patient Lodge in Regina."A cap came off due to the water pressure in the heavy rains that overloaded the drainage system, and the ...

The first-ever Prairie Grand Volleyball Tournament is taking place this weekend at the Regina Rugby Park. The tournament is raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society.Alan Hubert organized the even...

Christi Hergott woke up one morning last year with a throbbing headache that wouldn't quit. The 22-year-old popped a couple of pain killers and decided to wait it out, but she knew something was ...

A Saskatchewan health region is changing how it hands needles out in an effort to get more of them off the street."We had quite a large number of people who never brought anything back in," said Brett...

A recent poll shows that most people in Regina support a smoking ban on restaurant and bar patios.Seventy per cent of those polled would support such a bylaw, and several anti-smoking groups are looki...

The Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan likely won't open its doors until 2018 after several delays. "I think everyone is just a bit frustrated. This is one of the biggest undertakings-one of the bigg...

Regina firefighters are used to looking out for each other in a dangerous job, but for the past six months, they have rallied behind one of their own as he fights cancer.Ever since he joined Regina Fi...