Health

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

FSIN calling on province and RCMP to help curb spread of COVID in northern Sask

The Buffalo River Dene Nation in Northern Saskatchewan is battling the quick spread of the coronavirus and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) executive said it's due to a lack of pu...

Jul 27, 2021

Province reports 43 new cases of COVID-19 and one death

The province is reporting another 43 new cases and 23 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today.Another 46 new cases and 19 recoveries were also reported on Saturday, July 24 and another 27 new c...

Jul 26, 2021

SHA to shift vaccine rollout from mass to targeted vaccination plan

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is changing tactics when it comes to vaccination plans in the province.With the province now reaching a 74 per cent first dose vaccination rate for those 12 and...

Jul 26, 2021

Province reports 51 new cases of COVID-19, two deaths

Following a delay in the COVID-19 update from the provincial government, 51 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan, including 34 that are in northern zones of the province.This brings the...

Jul 23, 2021

Saskatchewan's northwest continues to report high new case rates

The province announced another 26 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today, including 18 that are in the six Saskatchewan northern zones. This brings the provincial total to 49,556 cases; 48,694 re...

Jul 22, 2021

Province sees 38 of 53 new cases reported in northern zones

The province is reporting another 53 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 21, nearly half of which are being reported in the Far North West zone of the province.The 38 new cases in Northern S...

Jul 21, 2021

Sask. government working on vaccine passports

As people plan to get away from home for the first time in 16 months, it appears more vacations could require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations.A spokesperson from the Ministry of Health said the governm...

Jul 20, 2021