Health

Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week

OTTAWA - A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the mi...

Feb 11, 2021

Melfort health-care workers to get second dose of vaccinations on Friday

Health-care workers in Melfort will soon be getting their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The first doses were administered to doctors at Parkland Place on a Thursday in January and staff at the h...

Feb 11, 2021

How you’ll know when you’re eligible for a COVID vaccination

The province released more details of its vaccine rollout plan Tuesday, and though there are some puzzle pieces missing, the bits of the picture are more clear around how people will be told they're e...

Feb 10, 2021

Donor wall unveiled in Melfort Wellness Centre to honour heliport contributors

A metaphorical bow has been tied on the Melfort Heliport project.After fundraising kicked off in January 2020, donors from across the region did their part to help make a heliport at the Melfort Hospi...

Feb 10, 2021

New COVID-19 cases back into triple digits, 245 recoveries

The provincial daily case total is back into the triple digits as 180 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported, following a dip to only 80 new cases reported yesterday. Two individuals in the Saskatoo...

Feb 10, 2021

Saskatchewan unveils more information on vaccination plan

As Saskatchewan awaits more shipments of COVID-19 vaccine, the province has released more information on its vaccine delivery plan including more drive-thru centres across the region.Saskatchewan hope...

Feb 09, 2021

Premier stands by comments about lockdown advocates

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe stood by comments he made at the Municipalities of Saskatchewan convention Monday, when he said those who advocate for lockdowns to control COVID-19 do so with the luxur...

Feb 09, 2021

Province records 80 new cases of COVID-19, five deaths

For the first time since Dec. 28, the province reported under 100 daily new cases of COVID-19, announcing 80 new cases. There are also 253 new recoveries and five deaths in Saskatchewan.There were 1,2...

Feb 09, 2021

Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...

Feb 09, 2021

Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...

Feb 09, 2021