Health

Give a Little Life Day to support ‘greatest, most urgent needs’ of Victoria Hospital

Dr. James Harris has been a family physician in Prince Albert since 1983. While he has dedicated his life's work to helping others, he never thought it would be he who needed help as a critical care p...

Dec 01, 2021

Saskatchewan wraps up November with lowest number of new cases since beginning of August

The provincial government is reporting 42 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday with 185 recoveries.Four new cases were reported in the Northern Saskatchewan zones; the Far North West (one), North W...

Nov 30, 2021

No cases of Omicron COVID variant found yet in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman said he's keeping "a close eye" on new information about the COVID-19 Omicron variant.The new viral strain was first identified in South Africa between Nov. ...

Nov 30, 2021

‘Sicker and sicker every day’: Domremy woman pushes gov’t for help as she waits on surgery

Nearly as long as Saskatchewan has been dealing with the pandemic, Stephanie Brad has been waiting for surgery to get her bladder removed."I'm getting sicker and sicker every day," said Brad.She and h...

Nov 30, 2021

New daily COVID-19 cases below 50 for first time in nearly four months

The Government of Saskatchewan reported 49 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the total to 80,950 since the pandemic began.The last time the number of new cases was below 50 was on Aug. 3 when 25 ...

Nov 29, 2021

Porcupine Plain without emergency services this week

A disruption to emergency services this week in Porcupine Plain.From this morning at 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, both emergency and outpatient services will not be available at Porcupine Carra...

Nov 29, 2021

Province reports 52 new cases of COVID-19, four deaths

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 52 new cases of COVID-19.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the North West (four), North Central (five), and three new cases have pending...

Nov 28, 2021

Daily COVID-19 numbers show 73 new cases, five deaths

As of Nov. 27, there are 73 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 80,848 reported cases.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the North West (six), Nor...

Nov 27, 2021

Canada bans travellers from southern Africa due to new variant

With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa.During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the ba...

Nov 26, 2021

Province reports 108 new cases of COVID-19, one new death

The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 108 new cases of COVID-19 in the province.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the Far North East (one), North West (eight), North Central ...

Nov 26, 2021