Regina Leader-Post • March 21, 2024

Budget's focus on health care recruitment to fall short, say unions

The heads of two of the province’s largest health care unions say the 2024-25 provincial budget shows a “disappointing” prioritization on the health sector’s biggest needs.

Regina Leader-Post • December 22, 2023

Explainer: What is happening in emergency rooms in Saskatchewan?

So, you’ve called 911, and the dispatcher tells you it’s going to be at least an hour, maybe more, before an ambulance can reach you — and you’re wondering why?

Regina Leader-Post • December 21, 2023

SHA releases capacity plan for Regina hospitals violating fire code

Just one day after it was revealed that Regina’s emergency rooms were violating fire codes, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced plans to more efficiently redirect patients to alleviate pressures on capacity.

Regina Leader-Post • December 7, 2023

Family renews call for answers about woman's death in Sask. hospital

Family members of Andrea Parmar say they have waited almost eight months for answers promised by the Minister of Health about the care the 50-year-old woman received prior to her death in Yorkton Regional Hospital’s intensive care unit.

Regina Leader-Post • December 5, 2023

Calgary mammograms costing 10 times in-province delivery: Sask. NDP

Opposition critics say Saskatchewan is paying 10 times more to outsource diagnostic mammograms to a private clinic in Calgary that has been revealed to be a political donor to the Saskatchewan Party.

Regina Leader-Post • November 30, 2023

Out-of-province mammogram referrals to cost Sask. $3.5M

Minister of Health Everett Hindley says the province will be covering the $3.5 million cost for patients to travel to Alberta for breast cancer screening, to alleviate the stress of too-long wait lists.

Regina Leader Post • October 11, 2023

City agrees to rezone site for care home to replace Regina's Pioneer Village

The province wants to build a new long-term care facility in southeast Regina, to fulfil a promise to make up beds lost in 2019 closures at the province's largest care home.

Regina Leader Post • August 27, 2023

Agencies say optional sex-ed policy 'regressive' for Saskatchewan

Advocates are concerned that new provincial policy on opting out of sexual health education and a block of expert agencies in Saskatchewan classrooms will be detrimental to children’s health in the long-term.

Regina Leader Post • July 20, 2023

Overdose rates for 2023 'concerning,' says Sask. coroners service

A recent spate of overdose deaths in Regina has put the spotlight back on the overdose crisis being felt across the province.

Regina Leader-Post • June 7, 2023

Grassroots group launching anti-fentanyl billboards in North Central

Ivy Kennedy and granddaughter Shay Scales know what it is to grieve a loved one taken too soon.

Regina Leader-Post • May 9, 2023

Sask. family doctors pleased with new payment model proposal

News of incoming payment reforms for Saskatchewan family doctors has many hopeful that patients will soon receive a more holistic and preventative approach to health care.

Regina Leader-Post • April 26, 2023

More Sask. family doctors considering retirement: college president

More family physicians in Saskatchewan are considering early retirement now than three years ago, according to the association that represents the specialty in the province — and workload pressures may be behind the shift.

Regina Leader-Post • April 13, 2023

Med students campaigning for Sask. to offer free birth control

Five medical students are pressing the Saskatchewan government to follow B.C.’s lead in fully covering the cost of birth control for residents in this province.

Regina Leader-Post • April 8, 2023

'It's a nightmare': Family condemns daughter's care after death in hospital

Brian and Gwen Gilbert visit their daughter’s gravestone daily, rarely missing an afternoon at the Regina cemetery.

Regina Leader-Post • April 3, 2023

U of R professor is a voice for refugee women in Sask. health care

When University of Regina nursing professor Shela Hirani talks about health care for marginalized women, she tells a story about a mother having her seventh child.

Regina Leader-Post • March 23, 2023

Sask. health unions 'profoundly disappointed' in budget investments

Two of Saskatchewan’s largest health unions say the priorities outlined in Saskatchewan’s health budget have failed to provide the immediate attention the province’s health-care workforce needs.

Regina Leader-Post • February 6, 2023

Health care deals with feds likely to have conditions, says policy expert

Canadian premiers headed to Ottawa for health care cost-sharing talks this week are likely to walk away with conditional agreements, according to a Regina health care policy expert.

Regina Leader-Post • January 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood back in swing at new clinic

It’s been a long journey, but Planned Parenthood Regina is finally back in action in a permanent clinic space in downtown Regina.

Regina Leader-Post • December 29, 2022

National abortion pill shortage pinpoints access issues in Sask.

A temporary shortage of the sole available medication for a medical abortion has once again highlighted concerns about access in Sask.

Regina Leader-Post • December 8, 2022

'These are actual people': Sask. on track to see most COVID-19 deaths in 2022

The number of COVID-19 related deaths is on track to potentially surpass those recorded in 2021, which would make 2022 the most deadly year of the pandemic in Saskatchewan thus far.