
The City of Regina is on pace to see a record number of drug-related deaths. The City has seen 55 overdose deaths through the end of April. That number is on pace to break 2021’s 164 record deaths by one. The 55 deaths through the first four months also mark the most the RPS has […]
Family Services Saskatchewan (FSSK) has received $1.7 million in annual funding from the Government of Saskatchewan to expand its free, rapid-access counselling services to children, youth and their caregivers across the province. The rapid-access councillor service offers quick access to brief mental health services for individuals, couples and families. It can help with concerns such […]
The University of Regina’s Online Therapy Unit received an additional $400,000 from the Government of Saskatchewan. The investment will expand their Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ICBT), allowing them to reach more Saskatchewan residents. ICBT provides an alternative to in-person therapy, and people across the province can asses the service free of charge. Psychology Professor and […]
The Government of Saskatchewan rejected a Sask. NDP motion to create a special bipartisan committee to study the mental health and addictions crisis in the province. The motion called on both parties to find solutions to the high number of suicides by hearing from affected families, experts and leaders. The Sask. Party did not agree […]
The Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth has called on the Government of Saskatchewan to ‘make good’ on past promises to improve mental health and addiction services. The child advocate released a report called ‘Desperately Waiting’. In that report, they say children and youth are at a crisis point trying to access and receive mental health […]
The provincial government is being called on by CUPE Saskatchewan to address the mental health and addictions situation in the province. This comes after Fort San council voted against moving Pine Lodge Treatment Centre to the resort village after their facility burned down on Christmas Eve of last year. While Pine Lodge could return to […]
The village council in Fort San, about 70 kilometers northeast of Regina, has voted against the Pine Lodge treatment centre relocating to their community. The centre had been hoping to move into the former Prairie Christian Training Center after their facility in Indian Head was closed after a December fire. At a meeting Tuesday night […]
The Saskatchewan Party puts their 13 years of power on the line when residents go to the polls in less than a month’s time. Scott Moe is running in his first election as Premier. Since he took over as Saskatchewan’s leader, he has had to handle several issues such as the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, […]