The province of Saskatchewan is losing all but one of its gynecologic oncologists. Departing specialists say burn out was inevitable without additional manpower and support. It’s a chronic issue in smaller centres in Canada.
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Why is everybody raving about Saskatoon? (And where on earth is Saskatoon?)
Kristin Kent July 23, 2018 Share this article Thanks to a tight-knit community determined to make their town whole again, the tiny Canadian town of Saskatoon made the New York Times’ ’52 places to go in 2018′ list. Kristin Kent goes for a look. Saskatoon has never been on my list of places to go. […]
Traphouse hero: Saskatoon man uses clean needles as weapon in war against HIV
Terry Grady is the founder of a new group called Saskatoon Cares, modelled after similar needle exchange outreach services in other cities.
No mental health beds planned for new children’s hospital in Saskatoon
There are no plans to include in-patient beds for children and teens with mental health problems at Saskatchewan’s new children’s hospital.
55 staff at Saskatoon psychiatric centre on workers’ comp after assaults by inmates
Fifty-five of the 130 correctional workers at a multi-level psychiatric hospital in Saskatoon operated by the Correctional Service of Canada are on workers’ compensation because of attacks by inmates, CBC has learned. CBC | Health News
Coerced sterilizations of Indigenous women in Saskatoon troubling: Bennett
Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett says she’s troubled by reports of Indigenous women in and around Saskatoon being coerced into tubal ligation procedures. CBC | Health News
Saskatoon medical marijuana producer gets clean bill of health after voluntarily submitting pot for testing
An independent lab in British Columbia says medical marijuana from CanniMed Therapeutics in Saskatoon is free of 56 known pesticides and fungicides. CBC | Health News
