Health

Saskatchewan adds over 500 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 537 new COVID-19 cases.Sixty-two of these cases were recorded in the northern part of the province. This includes Far North West (nine), Far North East (fou...

Jan 05, 2022

Saskatchewan outlines steps to keep schools open

The Saskatchewan government doesn't have any immediate plans to move schools to online learning.On Wednesday, the government outlined the steps it plans to take to keep schools operating in the midst ...

Jan 05, 2022

Mustangs pausing operations for a minimum of five days

As of today, the Melfort Mustangs organization will be on pause for a minimum of five days. This comes as a response to COVID-19.With three games scheduled for this week, that means games set for Tues...

Jan 04, 2022

Province announces 1,954 new cases of COVID-19 since Dec. 31

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 1,954 new COVID-19 cases since its last report.There were 623 on Dec. 31, 607 on Jan.1, 398 on Jan. 2, and 326 on Jan. 3.The new cases were found in the Far...

Jan 04, 2022

Being COVID conscious important as Omicron variant spreads, says U of S microbiologist

As the COVID-19 Omicron variant sinks its teeth into Saskatchewan, the head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon says the variant can spread much faster than previous one...

Jan 04, 2022

Multiple provinces delay in-person learning as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise

Ontario is joining the list of provinces delaying in-person schooling in the new year, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.Monday's announcement by Ontario Premi...

Jan 04, 2022

‘Demoralizing:’ Nurses’ union frustrated with province’s COVID response

Nurses in the province are feeling disappointed and demoralized after Thursday's COVID-19 update.Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president and registered nurse Tracy Zambory said nurses are "very t...

Dec 31, 2021

Record number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan

The province is ending 2021 with a record, but not one they want. They're reporting 735 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, ahead of the 650 cases reported back in October, however, 241 o...

Dec 31, 2021

COVID vaccine walk-in clinics set up in northern communities over holiday weekend

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will be providing COVID-19 vaccine clinics to northern communities over the holiday weekend.Both walk-in and booked clinic appointments spots are available from...

Dec 29, 2021

Active COVID-19 numbers nearly double over holidays

After a holiday break that started on Christmas Eve, the government of Saskatchewan has released all of the COVID-19 data from each of the past five days. Since Dec. 23, active cases have almost doubl...

Dec 28, 2021