Health

Weekly epi report confirms 394 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, higher than previous week

During the week of June 5 to June 11, 394 new cases were confirmed in Saskatchewan according to the Ministry of Health's weekly COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi).This reflects 24 laboratory-confi...

Jun 16, 2022

'A scary situation': All Stanley Mission residents ordered to evacuate

All residents of Stanley Mission have been ordered to evacuate after the McCafe fire quickly began moving towards the community last night. The general evacuation began around 8 a.m. with registration...

Jun 10, 2022

Weekly EPI reports 10 new COVID-related deaths along with 285 new cases in the province

Deaths from COVID-19 have remained consistent from one week to the other according to the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report.There were 10 newly-reported COVID-19 death...

Jun 09, 2022

Deaths and confirmed cases of COVID dropping in the province, 50 and over still majority of new cases

The Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) release reported another 364 confirmed cases of COVID-19 last week. That is slightly lower than last week's number of 376 new cases.Just...

Jun 02, 2022

Weekly epi report indicates 12 new COVID-related deaths, another 376 new positive cases

There were 12 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths last week as reported in the Ministry of Health's weekly integrated epidemiology (epi) report. This was lower compared to the previous week's total which w...

May 26, 2022

Monkeypox no cause for panic: Microbiologist

Monkeypox is making headlines worldwide, but is it something we need to be worried about?Dr. Joseph Blondeau, head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital and provincial lead for Clinica...

May 24, 2022

Cumberland MLA Vermette suspended from assembly after cursing during mental health discussion

Cumberland House MLA Doyle Vermette (NDP) was suspended for one day from the legislative assembly after accusing the government of not "giving a [expletive]" about issues such as suicide and mental he...

May 19, 2022

Youth treatment centre celebrates opening at Muskoday First Nation

A loud cheer filled the air Monday morning south of Prince Albert, as the cutting of a large red ribbon represented the culmination of four years of work and partnerships.While the White Buffalo Treat...

May 16, 2022

Villa Pascal celebrates with opening of new expansion

It was an important day for North Battleford's Villa Pascal Thursday as the facility celebrated its new expansion opening and re-dedication.Villa Pascal manager Heather Beatch took part in the ceremon...

May 12, 2022

This week's epidemiology report includes 710 new cases of COVID-19

The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 710 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths in this weeks integrated epidemiology report.The data this week is from Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7 and the hos...

May 12, 2022