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Annual inflation rate hit 30-year high in December: Statistics Canada

Inflation in December rose at its highest rate since 1991, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.The organization said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month was up 4.8 per cent compared to December 202...

Jan 19, 2022

Daily highs of new COVID cases continue in Saskatchewan; province continues to report no new deaths

New case numbers of COVID-19 continue to be high with another 1,089 new cases today.However, there also continues to be no new deaths to report in the province.The new cases are located in the Far Nor...

Jan 18, 2022

Man pronounced dead after being hit by vehicle on Big River First Nation

Big River RCMP said a man has died after he was hit by a vehicle on the Big River First Nation. Police said this was determined after a preliminary investigation.After the man was struck by the vehicl...

Jan 17, 2022

Province announces 1,347 new cases, no new deaths

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 1,347 new cases of COVID-19 in the province.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan were found in the Far North West (11), Far North East (16), North West (3...

Jan 17, 2022

Health Canada authorizes antiviral COVID-19 pill

Health Canada authorized a blend of two antiviral drugs Monday to treat adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms who are at high risk of progressing to serious disease.The government department ...

Jan 17, 2022

Winter storm watch for the Battlefords, snowfall ahead

Update: Snowfall is occurring throughout the region and freezing rain warnings are in effect for several areas, including the Battlefords.Snowfall in the Battlefords, with a freezing rain warning in e...

Jan 17, 2022

Study suggests Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care

EDMONTON - Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a ne...

Jan 17, 2022

I see what you’re saying: Saskatoon man invents with voice-to-text mask

A Saskatoon inventor has put technology into masks to help those who have a hard time hearing what someone else is saying behind their face covering.Brian Kendall has invented a voice-to-text mask."It...

Jan 16, 2022

SHA closely watching COVID outbreaks in long-term care

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is paying attention and watching closely what COVID-19 is doing in long-term and personal care homes in the province, according to the authority's interim COO, Derek ...

Jan 16, 2022

Omicron-specific vaccine likely to come too late to help in this wave: Sharma

OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says variant-specific vaccines can be approved faster than the general ones first issued to combat COVID-19, but one targeting the Omicron strain still l...

Jan 16, 2022