Health

Moe again urges younger people to get COVID vaccines

Premier Scott Moe believes Saskatchewan's seniors have thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.Now he wants younger people in the province to pick it up."We're happy with the u...

May 12, 2021

P.A. restaurateur warns against anti-COVID measure 'callousness'

It may be 11,000 kilometres away but the desperately tragic COVID-19 situation in India is close to home for a Prince Albert man. Spice Trail restaurant owner Harry Rai, whose family hails from the no...

May 12, 2021

186 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths, residents 26 and older eligible for vaccines starting tomorrow

As per the provinces provincial age-based immunization program, which currently sits at age 29 and older, eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine will expand to age 26 and older, effective at 8 a.m. tomo...

May 11, 2021

Saskatchewan considering mixing and matching vaccines for second doses

Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday the province is leaning towards offering Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine as second doses for those who received AstraZeneca as their first shot.In an interview with Gormley, M...

May 11, 2021

Other provinces looking at Saskatchewan's plan to tie COVID-19 vaccines to reopening

CALGARY - Neighbouring provinces are eyeing Saskatchewan's plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions in tandem with vaccination rates, but experts are warning the approach could lead some to a false sense of...

May 11, 2021

Vaccine confidence in Canada holds steady despite AstraZeneca safety concerns: poll

OTTAWA - A new Leger poll suggests Canadian confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is holding firm despite swirling confusion and concern about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. It also suggests ...

May 11, 2021

More tickets expected to be handed out after Sunday’s rally against public health measures

Saskatoon police say they have handed out 18 tickets to people who attended a so-called "freedom rally" in Kiwanis Memorial Park on Sunday.Police say upon attending the rally, public health officials ...

May 11, 2021

Alberta to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot as supply dwindles

OTTAWA - Alberta says it won't give out more first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the time being.A spokesman for the provincial health department says the decision was made because there ...

May 11, 2021

Health minister points to appointments as more are eligible for COVID vaccines

As thousands more people in Saskatchewan become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine every three days, their best bet for a shot in the arm could be making an appointment.As of Monday afternoon, there were...

May 10, 2021

Pharmacies deal with appointment shuffling as COVID vaccines roll out

Saskatchewan's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is going full steam ahead, and pharmacies are a major part of that.But what happens when appointments at pharmacies are cancelled?Dawn Martin, the CEO of the Ph...

May 10, 2021