Health

Police and health workers see early success with new PACT team

It's early days yet, but those working with the new Police and Crisis Team (PACT) in Prince Albert say they're seeing success in pairing front-line police officers with mental health workers in emerge...

Mar 11, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Traditional healing effective in combatting youth suicides

The issue of youth suicide continues to be a challenge, but a spokesperson for a northern Saskatchewan health agency says the use of traditional healing techniques is showing some positive results.Gle...

Mar 11, 2019 (file photo/ paNOW Staff)

FAST action is required for diagnosing a stroke

The recent death of actor Luke Perry has increased the focus on strokes.Perry, 52, died Monday after suffering a massive stroke five days earlier.Dr. Brett Graham, a stroke neurologist with the Saskat...

Mar 10, 2019 : Glenn Hicks

Getting off the pot and getting tested

An uncomfortable topic, but a necessary one. That's the idea behind March's Colorectal Cancer Awareness month.Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada and affects more ...

Mar 08, 2019 (submitted photo/Sask. Cancer Agency)

‘Mission accomplished’: Province celebrates official opening of Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford

Mission accomplished.Those were the words of former Prairie North Health Region CEO David Fan as politicians and health care workers gathered to mark the grand opening of the Saskatchewan Hospital Nor...

Mar 08, 2019 Premier Scott Moe was on hand for the official grand opening of the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr

Local power lifter wins silver at nationals

It's safe to say Prince Albert's Cameron Preymack made a big impression on the judges at the national powerlifting championships in Ottawa this week.He finished second in the 74 kg. division. His reco...

Mar 08, 2019 (Facebook/Cameron Preymack)

RM vote opens door for special care facility outside Prince Albert

A special care facility for first responders, corrections workers, veterans, and other frontline professionals struggling with operational stress injuries, has moved one step closer to construction so...

Mar 08, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Murky Water: SARM looks to a possible solution for water woes

Rural Saskatchewan has been struggling for years, with small towns trying to stay afloat as people move away.Many towns are trying to keep the residents they have and lure new ones, but that's especia...

Mar 07, 2019 Many towns are trying to keep the residents they have and lure new ones, but that's especially hard when they can't drink the water out of their taps. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Murky Water: Government puts responsibility on locals

As thousands of people in Saskatchewan boil water or travel to get it, the provincial government says that's too bad, but it doesn't seem interested in doing much more.Nearly 20 communities in the pro...

Mar 06, 2019 As of the end of February 2019, there were around 5,000 people in Saskatchewan who couldn’t drink the water right from their taps without concern. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Prenatal program seeks participants

A new group prenatal program in La Ronge starting next week will allow pregnant women to do appointments, childbirth education and social networking all in one stop."It's kind of a hybrid between a pr...

Mar 05, 2019 KidsFirst North staff Rebecca Galloway and Brooke Graham, along with Dr. Johanna Kaiser, are involved in the program. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)