Health

SHA says masks will still be required in hospitals, clinics after Sunday

Changes may be coming to COVID-19 protocols in Saskatchewan on Sunday, but things won't be changing in many Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities.The SHA announced Thursday that masking, screening ...

Jul 09, 2021

Meadow Lake RCMP, Saskatchewan Health Authority working to combat increased presence of crystal meth

The Meadow Lake RCMP detachment has taken on initiatives to help reduce crime and gang activity identified as some of the most harmful behaviours in the community. However, there is another trend that...

Jul 06, 2021

Half a million Saskatchewan residents now fully vaccinated

After an additional 7,393 second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were reported in the province today, the Saskatchewan government is reporting over half a million Saskatchewan residents are now fully va...

Jul 06, 2021

Northern community dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, Delta variant

As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation - including Wollaston Lake - is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak.The outbreak was declared June...

Jul 05, 2021

'Figure of hope' praised for role in COVID-19 fight after death

MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was the first person in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has died. Gisele Lvesque, 89, died on June 28 peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by family, according t...

Jul 04, 2021

Twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 reported in the province

The province is reporting an additional 21 new cases and 36 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 2. This includes only eight new cases in the province's northern zones.This brings the prov...

Jul 02, 2021

Ministry of Health no longer releasing COVID updates on weekends and holidays

As COVID numbers continue to trend downwards in Saskatchewan, the province is taking a break from reporting daily statistics.Starting Thursday, the Ministry of Health will no longer issue a COVID upda...

Jul 01, 2021

52 new COVID-19 cases reported, two new deaths

There are 52 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 48,823 cases. And as the government urged the public to get both jabs there was another all to...

Jun 29, 2021

17 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths reported in Saskatchewan

The Government of Saskatchewan reported just 17 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. That's the lowest one-day total since before the first wave came into the province. To find a day when less cases were rep...

Jun 28, 2021

VIDO vaccine to be put to test this summer in Saskatoon

The vaccine developed by the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is coming to Saskatoon for its clinical trial testing.The trial testing is expected to begi...

Jun 27, 2021