Health

Province records 87 new cases of COVID-19, mandatory mask policy begins today in Prince Albert

There are 87 new cases of COVID-19 and 53 recoveries in Saskatchewan.The provincial total is now at 3,623 cases.The new cases are located in the Far North West (eight), Far North East (one), North Wes...

Nov 06, 2020

Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon raises over $640,000

At the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon residents from all over the province helped raise just over $640,000 for the first hemodialysis unit for children in Saskatchewan.According to a media...

Nov 05, 2020

Outbreak at Stanley Mission Health Centre declared over

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in Stanley Mission Health Centre over.The outbreak was originally declared on Oct. 9 and lasted nearly a month.Acc...

Nov 05, 2020

Possible COVID-19 exposures in Sask. communities including Meadow Lake

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses in three communities.Those who were at these locations on the listed days and ti...

Nov 05, 2020

SUN applauds province for reducing group gathering sizes and mandatory mask order

Registered nurses are becoming more and more worried about the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the province.Saskatchewan Union of Nurses President Tracy Zambory says the bright spot...

Nov 04, 2020

Provincial lab tech issues reflect fewer COVID-19 cases than expected

There are 37 new cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the provincial total to 3,408. The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), North West (one), North Central (one), Saskatoon (13), Cent...

Nov 04, 2020

Two Melfort businesses named in latest COVID-19 exposure list

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has reported their latest COVID-19 exposure list and Melfort is mentioned.On the evening of Oct. 29, a person or persons who tested COVID-19 positive were at two loca...

Nov 04, 2020

Alberta investigating Canada’s first case of rare swine flu variant

EDMONTON — Provincial health and agriculture officials are investigating a rare case of variant swine flu in a patient from central Alberta. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, a...

Troy Gillard Nov 04, 2020

Touching stories to be shared during Children’s Hospital Radiothon

This year's Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon Nov. 4-5 is going to mean an awful lot to children across the province like Torrie Schaffer.Schaffer, now 13, got sick on the Easter long weekend...

Nov 03, 2020

Mandatory masks in Prince Albert, further gathering restrictions to take effect Friday

Starting Friday, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon will institute mandatory masking for all public indoor spaces to slow transmission of COVID-19, among other amendments to the current public health...

Nov 03, 2020