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REGINA -- With four months left in 2020, Saskatchewan has already seen its most overdose deaths in a decade. The Saskatchewan Coroners Service has confirmed 40 people have died from drug toxicity deaths between Jan. 1 and Aug. 6. The coroner’s report also shows 139 deaths are suspected to have been due to drug toxicity. The 179 overdose deaths are more than any of the past ten years, the…

Establishing a network of knowledge is key to ensuring Local OH&S Representatives have the skills and knowledge required to assist and advocate for the safety of their colleagues at work. This network helps encourage OH&S Representatives to take more active roles in promoting health and safety initiatives. This half-day workshop, designed for Local OH&S Representatives, will focus on…

SASKATOON -- Saskatoon paramedics responded to a record 100 overdoses between July 27 and Aug. 3 – and Jason Mecredi says the true number of overdoses may have been higher. Mecredi, the executive director of Prairie Harm Reduction, calls it a “public health issue” and says the figure could be much higher if the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) recorded and tracked overdoses…

As we search for ways to deal with COVID-19 in nursing homes and to prevent such tragedies in the future, it seems obvious that we need to begin with staffing. Indeed, that is where BC began their efforts to control the spread of the virus in these homes, why Ontario called in the military and where Quebec is going in its attempt to hire and train 10,000 health care workers. Yet there are still…

The Regina Police Service responded to a cluster of drug overdoses in the city that have resulted in the deaths of several people, according to officials. Over a 36-hour period starting just after midnight on Canada Day, police say they responded to seven overdoses. Six of the people died. “It’s at epidemic proportions at this time,” said Dean Rae, deputy…