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Ontario seeks 80 primary care teams for 300,000 patients
TORONTO - Ontario is looking for up to 80 new or expanded primary care teams to serve 300,000 patients, as it plans to build a system that automatically attaches people to a family doctor or nurse pra...
Apr 10, 2025
Saskatchewan looking to U.S. to cure doctor woes with recruitment program
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is looking south of the border to cure its ailing doctor woes with a program to recruit American physicians to the Prairie province. In a media statement Wednesday...
Apr 09, 2025
Saskatchewan launching campaign to lure American doctors north
With the launch of a new digital ad campaign for doctors, the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency (SHRA) is looking to make an American loss into Saskatchewan's gain. The campaign - dubbed "Sas...
Apr 09, 2025 “We want to showcase to Americans why Saskatchewan offers them a new direction by being an excellent choice for physicians who want to practice in a secure, stable and supportive environment,” said Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan’s health minister. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Alberta measles outbreak not dire enough to warrant public address: health minister
EDMONTON - Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top public health doctor to address the public, despite mounting calls for the governme...
Apr 08, 2025
B.C. human rights commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
A British Columbia woman could not find her very ill spouse for three months after her loved one was detained by provincial authorities. The province's human rights commissioner said it's one example ...
Apr 08, 2025
Wellness bus arrives in Saskatoon, providing health care to vulnerable
Help is now on wheels in Saskatoon as a new community wellness bus brings healthcare to the city's most vulnerable. The bus will offer basic medical care along with mental health and addiction support...
Apr 07, 2025 Saskatoon's new community wellness bus will operate year-round from Wednesday to Sunday. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
The gift of life: How two organ donors saved Saskatoon's Emma Crawley
This time last year, Megan Crawley was sitting in a hospital room at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. The Saskatoon mother spent day after day at her daughter Emma's bedside, hoping again...
Apr 07, 2025 A liver transplant 10 months ago saved Emma Crawley's life. Her mom Megan Crawley has now helped launch the Move For Life Saskatchewan Family Grant to help other families with the financial strain of pediatric organ transplants. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw milli...
Apr 06, 2025 Biosecurity warning signs are seen on a locked gate at a commercial poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., in November 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Two new cancer drugs approved for use in Sask., offering more treatment options
Two new cancer medications have been approved for use in Saskatchewan. The provincial government announced the expansion of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency's oncology drug formulary in a new release th...
Apr 06, 2025 The new drugs will be used to treat breast and prostate cancer. (Submitted)
Recruiters see surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruit...
Apr 04, 2025
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