Health

Face masks and survey: LLRIB preps for back to school

Amidst the political debate in Saskatchewan over whether face masks should be mandatory at schools and if the government's back to school plan should be more specific and expansive, the Lac La Ronge I...

Aug 07, 2020

19th COVID related death in Saskatchewan

The province has recorded one more death related to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. The person was in the Regina region and was in their 70s. A total of 19 people have now died from the virus in the provinc...

Aug 06, 2020

Provincial COVID total at 1,376 with eight new cases

There are eight new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province on Aug. 5, bringing the total to 1,376 cases.Of the new cases, there are three in the North East, two in the Saskatoon region, two in th...

Aug 05, 2020

Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...

Aug 05, 2020

‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan

The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...

Aug 05, 2020

Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice

OTTAWA - A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know wheth...

Aug 05, 2020

Urban farm helps strengthen food security in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - If you travel along Clapperton Road in Kamloops, there's one property that stands out. Located just behind the Butler Auto and RV lots, it's owned by the same family; instead of trailers, i...

Adam Donnelly Aug 04, 2020

Nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, province launches new map to show spread

The province is releasing new COVID-19 maps to provide more detailed information on the number of cases across the province.Saskatchewan will now have an additional map available, showing the virus ca...

Aug 04, 2020

17 new cases of COVID-19 reported, bringing provincial total to 1,359

There are 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, four of which are in the North region. Nineteen more people have recovered across the province.The rest of the 17 new cases are located in Central (...

Aug 03, 2020

Possible COVID-19 transmission at Turtleford and District Co-op store

The Turtleford and District Co-op has been informed a community member who tested positive for COVID-19 visited their store.According to multiple Facebook posts from the store, they discovered the inf...

Aug 03, 2020