Health

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

Vigil reaches far and wide as search for Frank Young continues

A quickly planned vigil for a missing five-year-old from Red Earth First Nation east of Carrot River has reached far and wide, with organizers getting messages from as far away as Australia.Sheryl Kim...

May 16, 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

Meath Park family grateful for support of Ronald McDonald House

Aubrey Ashby believes if it hadn't been for the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in Saskatoon, the journey for his family would have been much different.Last September, Ashby's then 16-month-old son Kai wa...

May 10, 2022

Province reports 766 new cases of COVID-19

The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting the Omicron variant BA.2 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 making up 83 per cent of the variants of concern in this weeks epidemiology (epi) report.A littl...

May 05, 2022

Six new ICU beds in operation in Saskatchewan hospitals

Six new intensive care unit beds have opened in Saskatchewan, with five more to be added before the year is out.The provincial government said in its March budget it would be spending $12.5 million to...

May 02, 2022

Supply not an issue for pharmacies giving fourth COVID-19 shots

If you're eligible to get your fourth COVID-19 shot, a pharmacy should be able to get you in quickly.Michael Fougere, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Pharmacy Association, said people shouldn't face any h...

May 02, 2022

Province reports 829 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 deaths in weekly report

The provincial government is reporting another 829 new cases of COVID last week as part of their epidemiology (epi) report released today. This is a slight drop compared to last week's report of 889 c...

Apr 28, 2022

Second COVID booster shots now available to those 50 and over in Sask.

Saskatchewan has expanded the eligibility for people looking to get a second COVID-19 booster shot.The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that everyone 50 and over is now eligible for a fourth dose ...

Apr 26, 2022

New COVID cases on the downswing as number of deaths per week remain consistent

The province has reported 890 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province during the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report this week.The number of new laboratory-confi...

Apr 21, 2022