Health

AstraZeneca vaccine doses ready for use as Canada approves U.S. manufacturing sites

OTTAWA - More than 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are on their way to provinces now that Health Canada has authorized the U.S. sites where they were made. It remains to be seen ho...

Apr 01, 2021

Shahab urges ‘hunkering down’ in communities with high COVID case numbers

Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer urged residents to lay low as weeks remain before adults at highest risk to COVID-19 are vaccinated."We have about eight weeks to go before everyone 50-plus...

Mar 31, 2021

Sask. agencies express mixed feelings about Clare's Law rollout

Nearly ten months have passed since Saskatchewan effectively became the first province to enact Clare's Law, and now the door has widened for more individuals seeking help from domestic abuse.From tod...

Mar 31, 2021

191 cases, two deaths, and 176 recoveries reported in Saskatchewan

The province reported another 191 new cases of COVID-19 and 176 recoveries in Saskatchewan on March 31, bringing the provincial total to 33,590 cases. Prince Albert and North Battleford are among othe...

Mar 31, 2021

Shorebird Inn owner may contest $14,000 COVID fine

The owner of the Shorebird Inn on Tobin Lake near Nipawin says he's considering contesting the hefty fine his business received from the province for violating COVID-19 protocols.Bryan Baraniski-who i...

Mar 31, 2021

Shahab says COVID numbers in Moose Jaw ‘very concerning'

Dr. Saqib Shahab had a warning for Canada's Most Notorious City on Tuesday."I think Moose Jaw is on red alert," Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer said during a conference call.Moose Jaw has ...

Mar 30, 2021

Province extends public health orders to April 12

Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb as the Saskatchewan government extends health orders to April 12. After that time, the government will once again review the orders. They also recommend keeping Eas...

Mar 30, 2021

Health authority expands vaccine eligibility

The Saskatchewan Healthy Authority (SHA) has once again expanded their vaccine eligibility across the province.Starting March 31 at 8 a.m., all Saskatchewan residents 60 and over and phase one health ...

Mar 30, 2021

Canadians far more wary of AstraZeneca than other COVID-19 vaccines: Poll

OTTAWA - Canadians are much more wary about being injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine than they are about receiving other vaccines approved for use in Canada, a new poll suggests. Just 53 per...

Mar 30, 2021

Northern partnership aims to offer unique dental therapy program

A proposed health program could put a smile on the face of Indigenous populations, especially those in remote communities.The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA), along with the University ...

Mar 29, 2021