Health

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

National vaccine panel to recommend suspending AstraZeneca shots for under-55s

OTTAWA - Health Canada is demanding that AstraZeneca do a detailed study on the risks and benefits of its COVID-19 vaccine across multiple age groups after getting more reports that patients in Europe...

Mar 29, 2021

Total active COVID-19 cases nears 2,000 as 202 new cases and 174 recoveries reported

The total number of active COVID-19 cases is nearly at 2,000 across the province for the first time since Nov. 17, 2020 when cases climbed to 4,763 before beginning its downward decent.As of March 29,...

Mar 29, 2021

Saskatchewan Government urges vaccinations through ad campaign

'Stick it to Covid' is the message coming today from the provincial government in a new advertisement campaign aimed at what the Premier called 'looking after one another.' Meanwhile, there continues ...

Mar 29, 2021

6,187 new COVID-19 doses, 248 new cases, 3 deaths

An additional 6,187 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan- 436 of them across some northern zones- bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 173,696.Of ...

Mar 28, 2021

224 new COVID cases, 1,240 variants of concern, no new deaths

An additional 4,814 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including over 450 in the northern zones, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 167,509.T...

Mar 27, 2021

Saskatchewan First Nations to receive direct allocation of vaccines from next month

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is applauding a move that will see 14 per cent of COVID-19 vaccines in Saskatchewan go direct to First Nations.The FSIN said the direct allocation...

Mar 26, 2021

213 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths reported in province

The province reported 213 new cases of COVID-19 across the province and 146 recoveries on March 26, bringing the provincial total to 32,559 cases.Eight Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for C...

Mar 26, 2021

Northwest School Division set to receive COVID-19 rapid tests from Saskatchewan government

Schools in the Meadow Lake area are expecting to receive an unspecified quantity of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from the provincial government. This comes as part of the province's new measure that w...

Mar 26, 2021