Health

Down and dirty with backroad safety

Saskatchewan living requires the skill of rural road driving.From gravel grid roads to unpaved intersections, the province's rural areas can keep residents connected, but also pose a challenge and a d...

Aug 06, 2021

Province reports 56 new cases, two new deaths

The province is reporting another 56 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to 50,251 reported cases; 503 considered active cases and 49,167 considered recovered.The new cases in No...

Aug 05, 2021

COVID update: 60 new cases, one new death

The province is reporting 60 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 50,181 reported cases; 483 are considered active cases and 49,119 are considered recovered.Of the new cases, 29 are ...

Aug 04, 2021

Positive COVID scenarios as province set to move away from mass vaccination clinics

Despite 175 new COVID-19 cases over the past four days, the provincial government is reporting COVID-19 successes over the past two months as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 have dropped.Com...

Aug 03, 2021

Another 56 new cases reported in Saskatchewan, 448 currently active in province

Another 56 new cases of COVID-19 were reported today in Saskatchewan, 24 of which were reported in Northern zones of the province.Along with the 22 new recoveries also reported by the province, this b...

Jul 30, 2021

Sask. health minister asks northern leaders to act before COVID-19 outbreaks occur

There are plenty of vaccines to go around in northern Saskatchewan, according to Health Minister Paul Merriman, and northern leaders should communicate that with their communities.Merriman told Gormle...

Jul 29, 2021

Province reports 26 new cases of COVID-19 in northern zones; 52 total across the province

The Saskatchewan government is reporting 52 new cases of COVID-19 across the province today as well as 16 recoveries from the virus. This brings the provincial total to 49,882 cases; 48,892 total reco...

Jul 29, 2021

VIDO vaccine hopefuls hold out for hometown COVID-19 study

It's been just over a month since Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac issued a call out for volunteers to participate in its local COVAC-2 COVID-19 clinical trials.On June 23, the organization announced positiv...

Jul 27, 2021

Fire crews getting handle on more wildfires; some evacuees returning home

Tuesday will represent another long day for fire crews in the northern regions of the province, but there is some encouraging news as the number of active wildfires has decreased by 27 in the last 24 ...

Jul 27, 2021

Province reports 26 of 38 new COVID-19 cases in northern zones

The government have reported another 38 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 27, including 26 new cases in the six northern zones. New cases along with the 33 new recoveries brings the provin...

Jul 27, 2021