Health

Pharmacies deal with appointment shuffling as COVID vaccines roll out

Saskatchewan's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is going full steam ahead, and pharmacies are a major part of that.But what happens when appointments at pharmacies are cancelled?Dawn Martin, the CEO of the Ph...

May 10, 2021

Opposition, Ottawa, media looking for COVID disaster: Alberta justice minister

EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says a COVID-19 disaster is what the provincial Opposition, the federal government and the media "were looking for and want" in the province.Kaycee Madu, in Faceb...

May 10, 2021

147 new cases reported in Saskatchewan and vaccine age eligibility moves to 29 and older

As of May 10, the Saskatchewan government has reported another 147 new cases of COVID-19 in the province. This brings the provincial total to 43,288 cases; 40,645 recoveries and 2,141 cases are consid...

May 10, 2021

Premier signals date for Step One of Saskatchewan’s COVID reopening plan

An uptick in COVID-19 vaccinations allowed Saskatchewan to put a start date of May 30 on Step One of the Re-Opening Roadmap.It came Sunday afternoon as the province reported 71 per cent of people aged...

May 10, 2021

Canada to get two million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses as provinces expand rollouts

OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive two million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as provinces continue to ramp up their immunization efforts. The two million shots represent...

May 10, 2021

Melfort family physician named President of Saskatchewan Medical Association

A Melfort family physician is now the President of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA).Dr. Eben Strydom was elected to the position at the Spring Representative Assembly on Friday, May 7 that w...

May 09, 2021

Dozens gather at Whistle Stop Cafe to rally against health orders

MIRROR, Alta. - RCMP ticketed protesters leaving an anti-lockdown rally outside a central Alberta caf Saturday, after the establishment was closed by health officials earlier in the week.Despite pouri...

May 08, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine development in Sask. aimed at current coronavirus plus future ones

Not only have they adapted their original COVID-19 vaccine to fight at least three variants of concern, but researchers at Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac are also working to develop a "universal" vaccine t...

May 07, 2021

Province reports 295 new cases and one death from COVID-19

Another 295 new cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the Saskatchewan government. This brings the provincial total to 42,695 cases; 39,954 recoveries and 2,239 cases are considered active.Twenty-f...

May 07, 2021

Government announces COVID-19 vaccine age eligibility to be 12 and older by May 20

The Government of Saskatchewan has released a COVID-19 vaccine eligibility schedule, which will see those age 12 and older to be eligible by May 20. Although, they explained the schedule depends on va...

May 07, 2021