Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is facing criticism from nutrition experts today after he pledged to review the new Canada Food Guide should the Tories win power this fall. Scheer, who spoke at an annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers of Canada in Saskatoon on Wednesday, says the process to craft the new version of the […]
Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man quickly realized he wasn’t feeling well. “I felt very dizzy and had a headache,” said Bolshakov. He was among 46 people taken to […]
Regina has been enjoying several beautiful nights over the past few weeks with no or very little sign of mosquitoes. The city continues treating large bodies of standing water both inside and outside the city hoping this can continue, but they also have a warning. The Culex Tarsalis mosquito, the one that carries West Nile […]
The Canadian Cancer Society continues to lobby the Saskatchewan government to institute measures which will reduce smoking in the province. A recent survey shows 20 per cent of people in Saskatchewan are smoking which tops the numbers when compared to other provinces. The national average is 16 per cent. While that number is better than […]
The national Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health based out of the University of Saskatchewan wants to change the status quo over health inequities in comparison to the general Canadian population. IIPH’s scientific director and faculty member at the College of Medicine, Dr. Carrie Bourassa, says to change the status quo, things need to be done […]
The call to introduce legislation on vaping is being made again. The Canadian Cancer Society makes the call after a Canadian study released in the British Medical Journal showed a dramatic rise in youth vaping and youth smoking with reports that students in Grade 5 and 6 are vaping. Spokesperson Donna Pasiechnik says the government […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has confirmed a case of measles in Yorkton. SHA says the case was found in an infant traveller returning from a trip overseas. The authority adds that the traveler did fly into the Regina International Airport. An exposure alert has now been issued for other travelers on specific flights and through […]
The abortion pill Mifegymiso will be covered by the provincial government starting Friday Saskatchewan had been the last province in Canada to say it would provide universal coverage. Speaking to reporters at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Friday, health minister Jim Reiter said Mifegymiso provides a “less invasive” way of terminating a pregnancy than a surgical procedure […]
A decision by the Manitoba government in which they have announced they will provide universal access to the abortion pill known as Mifegymiso (miff-a-juh-meeso) means Saskatchewan is now the lone province that does doesn’t. The Saskatchewan NDP says that must change. In a release, health critic Vicki Mowat says the government has stalled on providing […]
