2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (239+ words) The Saskatchewan government is providing $1.3 million in capital grant funding for upgrades to group homes, respite homes and day programs across the province. In west-central and southwest Saskatchewan, funding will support projects at Wheatland Regional Centre Inc. in Rosetown, Battlefords…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (324+ words) Residents in the Battlefords will have a local opportunity to support breast cancer research and patient services when the Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure returns Oct. 4. An Independent Community Run is scheduled for North Battleford at Finlayson…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (323+ words) The neonatal intensive care unit at Regina General Hospital is expanding by three beds as the province looks to increase capacity for premature and medically fragile newborns. The expansion will increase the NICU from 25 beds to 28, with the new spaces…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (418+ words) Saskatchewan students will begin training at home this fall in two health professions that previously required them to leave the province. The first cohorts in the University of Saskatchewan’s new Master of Occupational Therapy and Master of Speech-Language Pathology programs…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) Saskatchewan is providing $225,000 in annual funding to support 20 new second-stage sober living spaces in Lloydminster for people continuing their recovery from addictions. The spaces, operated by Oxford House, are intended for Saskatchewan residents who have completed initial addictions treatment and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) The Battlefords Healthcare Foundation is receiving $5,000 from Saskatchewan Blue Cross to purchase two patient transport chairs aimed at improving mobility and comfort for patients. The funding is part of more than $40,000 being distributed to six rural hospital foundations across Saskatchewan…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (442+ words) A new 90,000-square-foot facility bringing health care, recreation and community services together under one roof is officially celebrating its grand opening at Thunderchild First Nation. The Thunderchild Wellness Centre has already been serving the community for about a year, but…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (505+ words) A heat warning was applied for northern parts of the West Central region early Saturday morning. Unity and area entered a yellow level heat warning early this morning, highs near 30 degrees joining other scorching temperatures across the region, before a…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (314+ words) The federal government is committing $3 million over three years to support volunteer ground search and rescue organizations across Canada. Emergency Management and Community Resilience Minister Eleanor Olszewski announced the funding Aug. 13 in Yellowknife. The agreement with the Search and Rescue…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (495+ words) The federal government is investing another $5.4 million in a First Nations-led virtual health project designed to bring medical services closer to people living in rural, remote and northern Saskatchewan. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced the funding Thursday alongside Whitecap…...