Health

Moe says unvaccinated will find things ‘more uncomfortable’ in Sask.

Premier Scott Moe issued a warning Monday to residents of the province who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19."It's going to be increasingly more uncomfortable for you in Saskatchewan to make the choi...

Aug 30, 2021

Total active COVID cases in Northern Sask. nearing 1,000, 199 new cases reported in province

The province is reporting another 199 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, including 93 new cases in northern zones of Saskatchewan.This brings the total to 54,076 reported cases; 2,068 cases consid...

Aug 30, 2021

Premier not wavering on health measures, mandatory vaccines

Premier Scott Moe isn't discussing the reintroduction of any public health measures or vaccine mandates with the highly infectious Delta variant bringing a new wave of COVID-19 infections to Saskatche...

Aug 27, 2021

Shahab encourages mask use, vaccination requirements as COVID cases rise

After nine straight days of new COVID cases exceeding over 100 per day, Saskatchewan's chief medical officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says that indoor mask use as well as limiting non-essential services to pe...

Aug 27, 2021

Saskatchewan Cancer Agency first in Canada to use new treatment

The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (SCA) celebrated a milestone earlier in August when they used a new form of treatment for metastatic brain cancer. This was the first time a patient had undergone the ne...

Aug 27, 2021

Are Hot Dogs Are Doing Joey Chestnut Dirty?

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! BION of the Week Ripley's is constantly on the hunt to find the strangest Believe It or Not! stories, or BIONs, to share with our fellow fans of the bizarr...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Aug 27, 2021

Health minister speaks on fourth wave, vaccines, public health measures

The Saskatchewan health minister wants to emphasize one major point: people in the province need to get vaccinated."I can't emphasize this enough. We have over 500,000 vaccines in our province right n...

Aug 25, 2021

NDP calls on urgent action for long-term care homes and for leaders to come out of hiding

Less than a year ago a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at long-term care home Extendicare Parkside. As a result, 39 seniors lost their lives.On Monday, the SHA confirmed several outbreaks in long-term ...

Aug 24, 2021

Province reporting 139 new cases of COVID-19, four deaths today

The province reported another 139 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to 52,800 reported cases; 1,625 cases considered active and 50,583 cases are considered recovered.The new ca...

Aug 24, 2021

COVID-19 testing issues identified at provincial laboratory

The COVID-19 update delay from yesterday has been explained with the provinical Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority announcing some testing issues have been identified at the Roy ...

Aug 24, 2021