health care

REGINA – The 2025 Saskatchewan provincial budget is balanced. That is the big story to emerge from the release of the 2025 Saskatchewan provincial budget, which was officially tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. In his budget address Finance Minister Jim Reiter confirmed the province will have a projected $12 million surplus.  Total […]

SASKATOON— Service Employees International Union-West (SEIU-West) president Barb Cape criticized the slow pace of collective bargaining with provincial health officials, saying they have barely made any progress or real difference in workers’ lives since the agreement expired on April 1, 2023. Wages, working hours and the need to invest in health care are key issues […]

SASKATOON – The opposition NDP are once again raising alarm bells on the state of emergency rooms in the province.  At a news conference in Saskatoon, NDP seniors critic Keith Jorgenson was pointing to reduced ER hours in Saskatoon, pointing to the recent announcement by the province that Saskatoon City Hospital would be closing the emergency […]

Students at the University of Regina, and Saskatchewan Polytechnic to get the swab, and save a life. Canadian Blood Services is looking for stem cell donors between the ages of 17 and 35 to join the donor registry, and maybe be a match for one of the 1,000 Canadians who are waiting for a life […]

SASKATOON, Sask. — A Saskatchewan woman says she’s been compensated after she came forward with allegations that staff at a resort in Mexico pressured her to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to receive medical help. Allison Field says her family’s December vacation became a nightmare when she, her husband and their son fell ill […]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year. In a recent year-end interview, Smith said work that began in 2023 to create four new organizations in place of one health authority is almost complete, […]

MELFORT – A four-month suspension was handed down to Dr. Robert Steffen of Melfort by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan on Nov. 28.   The CPSS held a discipline hearing charges of unprofessional conduct, improper prescribing and dishonesty. The charges were admitted to by Dr. Steffen, according to information provided by the […]

SASKATOON — Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon has raised more than $1 million. Presented by CIBC Wood Gundy the fundraiser wrapped up its 22nd year of broadcasting, on 32 radio stations across Saskatchewan. This year, donations will provide pediatric cardiac and respiratory equipment at JPCH and across Saskatchewan. “The past two days of radiothon have […]

REGINA – Problems in health care continued to be the theme for the NDP this week as they released new information painting a dim picture on the front lines. Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck stood not far from Pasqua Hospital in Regina and revealed details from an internal briefing note from Saskatchewan Government and General […]

Saskatchewan’s New Democrats are criticizing the Saskatchewan Party’s health-care record as the provincial election campaign enters its third day. The NDP says the emergency room at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital reached 350 per cent capacity on Tuesday night, a situation it blames on the Saskatchewan Party and its leader, Scott Moe. Nurses are set to rally at noon today […]