Health

Possible COVID-19 exposure at two Prince Albert businesses

The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced on Saturday evening that a person who tested positive for COVID-19 visited two Prince Albert businesses while they were likely infectious.The individual vis...

Aug 22, 2020

Two new COVID-19 cases, five people currently in hospital

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has two new COVID-19 cases to report on Saturday, one in Saskatoon and the other in the South West region. That puts the reported case total up to 1,597, 117 of which...

Aug 22, 2020

Of total 1,595 COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 601 are in communal living settings

There are six new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total amount to 1,595.One of the previously counted cases was removed as it was out of province. The new cases are located in the Nort...

Aug 21, 2020

13 Red Deer Olymel employees test negative for COVID-19

Officials with Olymel say all 13 of the employees at their Red Deer pork processing facility who were sent for COVID-19 tests after another worker tested positive have been cleared to return to work. ...

Troy Gillard Aug 20, 2020

Health sciences association, SAHO ratify deal

The Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations have ratified a new six-year contract.The new collective bargaining agreement is retroac...

Aug 20, 2020

‘The shame of the country:’ 2020s reported overdose deaths tentatively break records, and it’s only August

Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Jason Mercredi says overdose deaths in Saskatchewan are "the epidemic within the pandemic.""We need real-time action, and we need it now," Mercredi told 650 C...

Aug 19, 2020

Tuberculosis found in person who was at Melfort McDonald's

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has confirmed that there's been a case of tuberculosis in Melfort.An email to northeastNOW from the SHA didn't say specifically where the case was in the city, ...

Aug 19, 2020

Cougars target ponies, dogs in pair of Vancouver Island attacks

QUALICUM BEACH - Conservation officers plan to destroy two cougars believed to be responsible for killing a pony and constantly hovering around a sprawling wooded community north of Qualicum Beach. Tr...

Ian Holmes Aug 19, 2020

One more COVID case in Saskatchewan, total amount at 1,582

There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total amount to 1,582.The new case is in the Saskatoon zone. Of the total cases, 157 are active. There have been 1,403 recoveries. Eight...

Aug 18, 2020

Keeping sick people out of schools needs to be priority, Shahab says

As classes get set to resume, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the big priority needs to be keeping sick people out of schools.Speaking on Gormley on Tuesday morning, Dr. Saqib Shahab ...

Aug 18, 2020