Health

Province administers 2,099 vaccines, 269 new cases of COVID-19

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced there were 2,099 doses of the vaccine administered in the province yesterday, bringing the total to 38,710 vaccines given in Saskatchewan. There 269 new...

Feb 05, 2021

Suicide rate down in Sask., attributed to ‘pulling together phenomenon’

While there has been a lot of bad news coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems fewer people have decided to take their lives into their own hands.Deaths by suicide were down about 35 per cent in...

Feb 05, 2021

Another case of UK COVID variant found in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan has its third case of a COVID-19 variant.In a media release Thursday, the Ministry of Health reported another case of the U.K. variant had been detected, this time in a resident of the Sa...

Feb 04, 2021

Moe set to needle federal government over vaccines

Scott Moe is pushing for a larger and more timely injection of COVID-19 vaccines into Saskatchewan.Saskatchewan's premier issued a statement Thursday saying he planned to press for more "clarity and c...

Feb 04, 2021

More vaccines coming to Saskatchewan's North, COVID-19 variant detected in third patient

The province administered 723 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, bringing the total amount to 36,527. The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (17), Far North East (...

Feb 04, 2021

More vaccines arrive in Saskatchewan, 194 new cases reported today

The province administered 177 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, bringing the total amount to 35,763.As of Feb. 3, 109 per cent of the doses received were administered in the province. The overa...

Feb 03, 2021

Canada to get up to 1.1 m more doses by March through global vaccine alliance

OTTAWA - Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But as with most things COVID-19, v...

Feb 03, 2021

Canada to get up to 1.1 million more doses by March through global vaccine alliance

OTTAWA - Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But as with most things COVID-19, v...

Feb 03, 2021

Meadow Lake RCMP assist distressed motorist to hospital

A man was taken to hospital following an early morning pursuit by Meadow Lake RCMP. At approximately 10 a.m. on Feb. 1, officers received a complaint of a truck driving erratically on Highway 55. Afte...

Feb 02, 2021

Canada on verge of deal to make COVID-19 vaccines at home

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today is expected to announce the makings of an agreement to produce COVID-19 vaccines within Canada. Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne tells The Can...

Feb 02, 2021