Pioneer Village

SHA to help in day-to-day operations at Parkside Extendicare

Dec 9, 2020 | 6:47pm

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is stepping in and taking over day-to-day operations at Parkside Extendicare after the company requested it. The long-term care home in south Regina has been hit with a major outbreak that has seen 11 deaths with 141 residents and 58 staff having already tested positive with many other workers self isolating. […]

NDP raise concern about Pioneer Village in Regina

Jun 24, 2020 | 2:36pm

The NDP is raising concern about the future of Pioneer Village care home in Regina. Opposition critic Vicki Mowat says the crumbling structure needs immediate repair work. She says recent construction at Pioneer Village raised false hopes. Mowat says the most recent work was cutting trees for a parking lot when the building needs immediate […]

Regina Pioneer Village health care staff receive layoff notices

Feb 6, 2020 | 4:56pm

Layoff notices are being sent to CUPE members working at Regina Pioneer Village. The long-term care home has been plagued over the past few years by mold and asbestos problems with residents now being moved into two private care homes in the Regina area. CUPE is pinning the blame on the shoulders of the provincial […]

Saskatchewan Health Authority adding 100 beds in Regina-area long-term care homes

Feb 4, 2020 | 3:14pm

The Saskatchewan Health Authority are helping make 100 long-term care beds available in two Regina-area care homes. Emmanuel Villa Personal Care Home in Emerald Park and Brightwater Senior Living in Regina will be receiving the beds for the next two years, with the potential for extension. The beds will be offered to residents of Regina’s […]

CUPE expresses concern over Pioneer Village reorganization notice

Nov 28, 2019 | 6:30am

CUPE members are raising the alarms when it comes to the reorganization notice at Regina’s Pioneer Village. On Monday the SHA handed out the notice to 500 unionized staff members saying there was too many staff for the declining number of people in the nursing home. Related Article: 500 union members at Pioneer Village given […]

500 union members at Pioneer Village given reorganization notice

Nov 25, 2019 | 5:48pm

A notice of workplace reorganization has been handed to 500 unionized staff members at the Pioneer Village. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there are too many staff for the declining number of people in the nursing home. There are now 172 residents in the facility. The exodus is being blamed on the building’s deterioration. Earlier […]

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