Health

The pandemic has brought out the worst in people says survey on two-year anniversary of pandemic

A new survey has painted a picture of how the past two years of COVID-19 has affected Canadians mentally and emotionally.Friday marks two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a ...

Mar 11, 2022

Ministry of Health reports 13 COVID deaths and 17 care home outbreaks last week

There have been 1,013 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the province between Feb. 27 and March 5 according to the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report.There were 13 COVI...

Mar 10, 2022

Faculty at U of S College of Nursing votes no-confidence in executive

Last Friday, the College of Nursing of the University of Saskatchewan, presented a motion of no-confidence in the executive team, claiming the college has been critically underfunded and the quality o...

Mar 08, 2022

Omicron wave, vaccination rates mean Canada well protected for now: Tam

Canada's chief public health officer says that as long as Omicron remains the dominant variant of COVID-19 in Canada, the risk of another massive wave of infections is low.Dr. Theresa Tam says the num...

Mar 04, 2022

1,102 new cases of COVID-19 in weekly epi report

The province have reported 1,102 new cases of COVID-19 in the new weekly integrated epidemiology report.This week's report contains data recorded from Sunday, Feb. 20 to Saturday Feb. 26 and the hospi...

Mar 03, 2022

‘R’ designation removed from Saskatchewan health cards

Saskatchewan health cards will no longer carry an "R" to denote the card holder has self-declared as a Registered Indian.The government said the change was effective immediately. Prior to Tuesday, an ...

Mar 02, 2022

'Likely COVID': Saskatchewan emergency rooms seeing more children under five

REGINA -- Saskatchewan is seeing a spike in emergency room visits among children between the ages of one and four who are showing up with respiratory-like illnesses. Chief medical health officer, Dr. ...

Mar 02, 2022

SHA shifting to self-screening at its facilities

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has started to move to self-screening at its facilities.The SHA began the process Monday - the same day the last of the COVID-related public health measures in Saskat...

Mar 01, 2022

Health minister confident in decision to remove health measures

Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman called it an exciting day, pointing out that people wearing masks in public is no longer up to the government.The public health order was dropped Monday, the...

Mar 01, 2022

Lloydminster mayor voices need for more mental health, addictions resources

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect Saskatchewan residents, the Saskatchewan Urban Mayors Assocation (SUMA) is voicing concerns over the available supports for mental health and addictions.Ll...

Feb 28, 2022