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These are strange and unprecedented times. The world around us – truly, the entire world – is shuttering its windows and closing its doors in a global effort to try and stop the spread of this pandemic and to minimize the effects.  COVID-19 and its effect on our healthcare system have been devastating, and when things have finally calmed down, we know the entirety of the…

On March 18, 2020, the Government of Saskatchewan and Chief Medical Officer confirmed the province now has eight new presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 16 cases. The increase in COVID-19 cases has prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. Continued efforts to slow the spread of the virus include new measures announced today: Public gatherings of…

The possibly of a parkade being built at the Regina General Hospital is welcome news for the nurses who work there. The province has asked the Saskatchewan Health Authority to look at how feasible it would be to build a privately owned and operated parkade at the hospital after years of concerns brought forward over the safety of the current parking situation. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses…

A mental health therapist in Northern Saskatchewan says crystal meth is continuing to make its way through the province's remote communities and resources to stop it aren't keeping up. "It's like we can't catch up to this problem, we can't get ahead of it," Cindy Laliberte, who lives on the Flying Dust First Nation, said. "Current services…

Saskatchewan’s health system is set to begin a complete overhaul of its information infrastructure, a move leaders hope will help bring the province’s health systems into lockstep. The Administrative Information Management System, or AIMS, will gradually replace the 82 payroll, financial and human resources systems used by the Saskatchewan Health Authority and other health care…