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Della Magnusson doesn’t have to look far for a reminder of why the work she does matters. Hundreds of smiling faces wallpaper her office at the Westside Community Clinic — mothers, babies and growing families she’s supported over her years as a nurse practitioner in Saskatoon’s core neighbourhoods. Magnusson does all of the prenatal and women’s health care at the…

NORTH BATTLEFORD — From a distance, it looks like a normal vending machine. However, its metal rings hold needles, alcohol swabs, pipes for smoking crack or methamphetamine — everything “except for chocolate bars,” jokes peer mentor and adviser Malcolm McNeil. The harm reduction supplies are offered here for free outside the Indian and Métis Friendship Centre in…

Exciting news! Before you hear it from someone else, I wanted you to be the first to know: Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, will be running for the position of President of the Canadian Labour Congress at its constitutional convention in Vancouver this May. There is no one better to lead our national house of labour than Linda. Linda has been at…

OTTAWA — New numbers show close to 14,000 Canadians, including more than 300 in Saskatchewan, have been killed by opioids over the last four years and more than 17,000 people, including almost 900 in Saskatchewan, have been hospitalized for opioid-related poisoning. The data is in a new report released this week from a national advisory committee struck to study the epidemic of opioid…

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) confirmed to Global News that overcapacity in the city’s emergency rooms (ERs) has not ended. “Saskatchewan’s tertiary care hospitals continue to experience significant capacity challenges,” read a statement from a SHA spokesperson. It also said the “adult and pediatric emergency departments in Saskatoon…