Tag Archives: health

It wouldn't be a Saskatchewan summer without talk of West Nile virus. The flu-like illness is transmitted through the Culex tarsalis mosquito and can be a major problem each season. But it is difficul...

For Shantelle Arsenault and her family, the story of her cancer diagnosis became a story of two sisters battling for their lives. The Saskatchewan woman was diagnosed with breast cancer on St. Patrick...

A Saskatchewan MP says the federal government needs to start taking Lyme disease more seriously. Saskatoon-Grasswoods MP Kevin Waugh said he has been hearing from sufferers who got tested in Saskatche...

As a young boy in Luseland. Sask., Jim Pattison said he was always encouraged to give back. "We've been doing that for a long time," he told the Brent Loucks Show Thursday morning And give back he did...

An addictions expert is urging parents to talk to their kids about fentanyl in the wake of an overdose death in Saskatoon. Police linked the deadly opioid to three of five overdose calls officers hand...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has once again added more products to an ongoing recall of certain kinds of flour. The recall over concerns about E. Coli contamination started with a few ki...

Pesky ticks are already back to bugging humans and pets in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon Veterinarian Henry Kucharski noted a change in when ticks arrive in the province. "Fifteen years ago I'd only see one...

After the Accountable Care Unit pilot project was deemed a success, the province is expanding it to decrease wait times in emergency rooms. The project was set up last year at the Pasqua Hospital...

Saskatoon saw the second death of a missing senior within just a few months over the weekend. Police put out a missing persons bulletin Friday for Kay Braget, 89. Her body was found Saturday after a g...

A Regina gynecologist who was accused of professional misconduct has been cleared of the allegations. Dr. Lanre Onasanya was accused of making inappropriate comments to a patient and then performing b...