Health

City of Melfort adjusting as provincial COVID-19 restriction lift on Sunday

As Saskatchewan's COVID-19 restrictions are removed as of Sunday, July 11, the City of Melfort is adjusting accordingly.The city's director of Development, Planning, and Community Relations Brent Lutz...

Jul 08, 2021

'I still stand by my freedom of rights': former care home worker speaks out after losing job for attending freedom rally

A woman who lost her job at a long term care home in Melfort after attending a freedom rally in Prince Albert last spring, says it was never her intention to hurt anyone.Jackie Marshall and her adult ...

Jul 07, 2021

'What we ask is for people to stay home': active COVID cases at Hatchet Lake surpasses 100

Editor's note: This story was amended at 8 p.m. Tuesday to include a statement from PAGC.The Chief of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation says every effort is being taken to control the spread of COV...

Jul 06, 2021

Half a million Saskatchewan residents now fully vaccinated

After an additional 7,393 second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were reported in the province today, the Saskatchewan government is reporting over half a million Saskatchewan residents are now fully va...

Jul 06, 2021

Walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic at KVC Tuesday afternoon

Another walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic is being held in Melfort this afternoon from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kerry Vickar Centre.They are giving the Moderna vaccine and anyone 18 and older can come fo...

Jul 06, 2021

Northern community dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, Delta variant

As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation - including Wollaston Lake - is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak.The outbreak was declared June...

Jul 05, 2021

'Figure of hope' praised for role in COVID-19 fight after death

MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was the first person in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has died. Gisele Lvesque, 89, died on June 28 peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by family, according t...

Jul 04, 2021

Twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 reported in the province

The province is reporting an additional 21 new cases and 36 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 2. This includes only eight new cases in the province's northern zones.This brings the prov...

Jul 02, 2021

Ministry of Health no longer releasing COVID updates on weekends and holidays

As COVID numbers continue to trend downwards in Saskatchewan, the province is taking a break from reporting daily statistics.Starting Thursday, the Ministry of Health will no longer issue a COVID upda...

Jul 01, 2021

52 new COVID-19 cases reported, two new deaths

There are 52 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 48,823 cases. And as the government urged the public to get both jabs there was another all to...

Jun 29, 2021