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REGINA -- The Bundle of Joy campaign is back for another year, to help local families in need with help from Carmichael Outreach. Donations of baby formula, wipes and diapers are being accepted at the Northgate Mall. “We’re on the front lines and we see if families don’t have what they need to raise healthy children and that’s why being part of this great program is…

On Remembrance Day, we honour the men and women who served and sacrificed so much, leaving their families, friends and communities, to fight for our freedom – for a better life for all of us.  Nurses were the first women in the Canadian military.  It was in 1885 when Canada’s Nursing Sisters first took to the field, providing care to the Canadian troops sent to the…

A union representing more than 10,000 nurses says an incident involving a Saskatoon patient's death is an example of systemic issues in the health care system. The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said a patient had died in a Saskatoon emergency room due to overcrowding and short staffing. "It's becoming a powder keg of a dangerous situation," said union president Tracy…

Tracy Zambory, the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president, says the overcapacity crisis in Saskatoon hospitals resulted in the death of a patient. “Because of overcrowding, because of short staffing our worst nightmare occurred,” she said. “We had a patient in this province pass away because they did not get the care they needed in a timely fashion.”…

Sept. 26, 2019 Despite jump in calls for service, officials say Saskatoon hospitals still safe Leigh Blais is a big guy. He has a large build and looks like a person you wouldn't want to mess with but he says he doesn't feel safe when visiting St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. "I'm big and I'm trained and there's more than enough times when…