Health

Researchers study new form of super wheat

Researchers are examining ways to develop a genetically superior wheat that delivers high yields and shows more resistance to diseases and insects.The prairie wheat commissions have announced a combin...

Jul 29, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)

‘We’ve got to live for them’: Wounded Warriors Weekend

Wounded Warriors Weekend (WWW) was never supposed to make it to 2019.The first WWW was in 2012 where injured and ill Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, first responders, and their families arriv...

Jul 27, 2019 Veterans and volunteers gather together in front of the Camp Independence sign outside of their Tobin Lake area cottage for Wounded Warriors Weekend (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).

What'sHappeningNOW July 26, 2019

News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Editor Brady Bateman about a tapeworm affecting canids, pets and sometimes even humans.

Jul 26, 2019

Large population of canids infected with tapeworm capable of causing "tumour-like" disease

A small tapeworm capable of causing a "tumour-like disease" in humans is becoming more common in carnivorous animals with up to 70 per cent of coyotes tested near the P.A. area to be infected.Echinoco...

Jul 26, 2019 (Submitted photo/Frank Crockett)

Fake honey leaves bitter taste in mouths of producers

The President of the Saskatchewan Beekeepers Association says it's very encouraging to see the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) step up enforcement on the entry of adulterated honey into Canada....

Jul 26, 2019 (Submitted photo/ paNOW Staff)

New heliport at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital opens

A new heliport atop of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon opened ahead of schedule on Thursday.The new helipad is Saskatchewan's second rooftop helipad, the other is at the Regina General H...

Jul 26, 2019 STARS approaches the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital heliport on July 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)

U of S study researching impact of STC closure

A University of Saskatchewan graduate student is taking part in a research project about the impact on people from the closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) two years ago.The provin...

Jul 25, 2019 A rally to save the STC was held in North Battleford in May, 2017. A University of Saskatchewan graduate student is currently working on a research project on the impact of the closure of the STC service two years ago. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Local health professionals promote hepatitis testing

This Sunday will mark World Hepatitis Day all over the world. This year's theme is Find the Missing Millions. In Prince Albert health-care providers are hoping to use the day to promote people getting...

Jul 25, 2019 Shelley Crawford, is hoping people will get tested for hepatitis C as World Hepatitis Day approaches (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Advisory issued for blue-green algae in Saskatchewan

Make sure to check the water before swimming for the next few weeks around Saskatchewan.The Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health have issued a blue-green algae advisory for th...

Jul 25, 2019 Blue-green algae build up. (submitted photo/The Water Security Agency)

Senior residents given greater mobility following fundraising

Residents at two Prince Albert seniors care facilities will soon have greater mobility and freedom, thanks to funds raised through the annual Victoria Hospital Charity Classic golf tournament.The eigh...

Jul 25, 2019 Ralph and Zigga Anderson, residents of P.A.'s Herb Basset Home, will soon have a photo of themselves placed on the van purchased for residents' transportation. (submitted photo/Victoria Hospital Foundation)