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Sask. launches five-year plan for mental health and addictions
Saskatchewan's $49.4 million plan announced Friday will create 500 new treatment spaces and a central intake system, which allows patients to refer themselves for mental health and addictions services...
Oct 06, 2023
From left to right: Regina Mayor Sandra Masters, Health Minister Everett Hindley, Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Tim McLeod and Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark.
Families impacted by mass stabbings at JSCN find support at traditional health gathering
By Nigel Maxwell Nearly a year has passed since Joyce Burns' husband Earl was stabbed and killed, and the scars are still very fresh. Joyce was one of many survivors at this week's Federation of Sover...
Aug 25, 2023
'Reach out:' Farmers struggling with mental health issues
While battling grasshoppers and extreme drought, some farmers are reaching out to mental health resources during this difficult season. Watrous-area farmer Lesley Kelly spoke with the Greg Morgan Morn...
Aug 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Free counselling for kids comes to Weyburn, Estevan, Carlyle, Oxbow
A big investment by the provincial government is helping children in Saskatchewan access counselling. The Ministry of Health announced $1.7 million in annual funding Friday, which will go to Family Se...
Jun 30, 2023
Mental health app launched to help agriculture community
A new app is helping end the stigma around mental health in the agriculture community. AgTalk is a peer-support well-being app launched by the Do More Agriculture Foundation in collaboration with Toge...
Jun 22, 2023
On a roll: B.C. man's cross-country rollerblade trek reaches Regina
Christopher Anderson thinks he'll go through 450 rollerblade wheels on his nationwide journey raising awareness about mental health. The idea began during COVID-19 when many Canadians were struggling ...
Jun 17, 2023 Christopher Anderson is roller-blading across Canada to raise funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Mental health services expanding for youth in Saskatchewan
Free mental health services are now being offered to youth across Saskatchewan. This comes from a collaboration between Family Services Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan government, which are providin...
Jun 15, 2023 (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Wildfire smoke having severe effects on people’s physical and mental health
As wildfires continue to blaze in Saskatchewan, lung health is becoming a major concern. Dr. Simon Kapaj is a medical health officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority who has been closely monitor...
Jun 14, 2023
Police crisis team expanding in Saskatoon, Regina
The Police and Crisis Team program is expanding in Saskatchewan's two largest cities. The program — PACT for short — is a collaboration between the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the provi...
Apr 21, 2023
SUMA brings mental health, addictions concerns to forefront
On the second day of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association's (SUMA) annual convention, issues concerning mental health and addictions in the province took the main stage. One of the organi...
Apr 17, 2023
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