Health

Lack of Canadian vaccine production means others could get inoculations first: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months even as he acknowledged that other nations are likely to...

Nov 24, 2020

Province records 175 new COVID-19 cases, 105 people in hospital

There are 175 new cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the provincial total to 6,883.The seven-day average of daily cases is 209 (17.3 new cases per 100,000 population). The new cases are located in ...

Nov 24, 2020

Flin Flon Bombers pause season until after Christmas break

The Flin Flon Bombers will not be playing in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the rest of 2020.This just a few weeks after the Manitoba government deemed the province a red zone due to a COVI...

Nov 24, 2020

Alberta researcher gets award for COVID-19 mask innovation

Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who i...

Nov 24, 2020

VIDO-InterVac seeks support from City of Saskatoon to become 'Centre for Pandemic Research'

The director of Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac facility is hoping to get the city's support to become a national centre for pandemic research.Dr. Volker Gerdts and Lawyer Doug Richardson made a presentatio...

Nov 23, 2020

Well-wishes pour in for Fred Sasakamoose as he battles COVID-19

Players and officials are sending their wishes to Fred Sasakamoose, who was recently admitted to hospital due to a recent presumptive COVID-19 diagnosis.Sasakamoose, 86, was the first Canadian Indigen...

Nov 23, 2020

Four deaths and 235 new cases of COVID-19 in Sask.

The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting four new deaths from COVID-19. Those who have died include a resident from their 60s from the Far North East zone, a person above 80 from the North West zon...

Nov 23, 2020

Spreading hope at the Melfort Hospital

Spreading light in the darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic around Saskatchewan is the goal for a staff member at the Melfort Hospital.Licensed Practical Nurse, Laura Alexander decided to use Christmas L...

Nov 23, 2020

236 new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported 236 new COVID-19 cases in the province on Sunday. The North Central accounts for 24 of those new cases, while there are 17 in the North West and nine in the ...

Nov 22, 2020

SGEU wants government to implement policy allowing employees to work from home

The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) is calling on the provincial government to do more than to just consider a work-from-home policy.According to a media release, Barry Nowo...

Nov 22, 2020