Health

Festival of Trees to move online this Christmas

Few seasonal celebrations have become synonymous with Christmas time in Meadow Lake, like the annual Festival of Trees Fundraiser.Hosted by the Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation, the Festival of Trees s...

Nov 06, 2020

Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon raises over $640,000

At the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon residents from all over the province helped raise just over $640,000 for the first hemodialysis unit for children in Saskatchewan.According to a media...

Nov 05, 2020

Outbreak at Stanley Mission Health Centre declared over

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in Stanley Mission Health Centre over.The outbreak was originally declared on Oct. 9 and lasted nearly a month.Acc...

Nov 05, 2020

Possible COVID-19 exposures in Sask. communities including Meadow Lake

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses in three communities.Those who were at these locations on the listed days and ti...

Nov 05, 2020

Employee at Meadow Lake Co-op tests positive for COVID-19

The Meadow Lake Co-op released a statement that an employee has been diagnosed with COVID-19.The member, who worked on October 29, 30, and 31 and has been self-isolating since Halloween, revealed the ...

Nov 05, 2020

SUN applauds province for reducing group gathering sizes and mandatory mask order

Registered nurses are becoming more and more worried about the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the province.Saskatchewan Union of Nurses President Tracy Zambory says the bright spot...

Nov 04, 2020

Provincial lab tech issues reflect fewer COVID-19 cases than expected

There are 37 new cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the provincial total to 3,408. The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), North West (one), North Central (one), Saskatoon (13), Cent...

Nov 04, 2020

Touching stories to be shared during Children’s Hospital Radiothon

This year's Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon Nov. 4-5 is going to mean an awful lot to children across the province like Torrie Schaffer.Schaffer, now 13, got sick on the Easter long weekend...

Nov 03, 2020

Mandatory masks in Prince Albert, further gathering restrictions to take effect Friday

Starting Friday, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon will institute mandatory masking for all public indoor spaces to slow transmission of COVID-19, among other amendments to the current public health...

Nov 03, 2020

Potential COVID-19 exposure in North Battleford, other Sask. communities

Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious:North BattlefordOctober 2...

Nov 03, 2020