Health

Canadians can now download new COVID-19 exposure-alert smartphone app

OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he downloaded ...

Jul 31, 2020

VIDO-InterVac names firms to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine for human trial

VIDO-InterVac at the University of Saskatchewan is partnering with two Canadian pharmaceutical companies to produce the vaccine candidate Saskatoon researchers are planning to bring to the human trial...

Jul 31, 2020

Salmonella cases in Western and Central Canada linked to U.S.-grown red onions

OTTAWA - Health authorities are warning consumers in Central and Western Canada to avoid eating red onions imported from the U.S. that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak. The Public Health Agen...

Jul 31, 2020

'Be patient and kind': a request amid COVID-19 from the P.A. National Park

Ahead of the holiday weekend, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic that is still very much still with us, Parks Canada is asking the public to do the right thing when heading to one of our region's most pop...

Jul 30, 2020

Saskatchewan records 18th death from COVID-19

Saskatchewan has recorded its 18th death in relation to COVID-19.The person was from the South, had tested positive for the virus, and was in their 90s.The information was part of the latest daily pro...

Jul 30, 2020

Visitor restrictions put in place for northeast

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has put some new visitor restrictions in place for the northeast region.Due to higher COVID-19 case numbers in the northeast, visitation will be limited in hosp...

Jul 30, 2020

Majority of province's 50 new COVID-19 cases linked to Hutterite colony in R.M. of Star City

Saskatchewan announced 50 new cases of COVID-19 in the province Wednesday. Forty-four of them were said to be in the province's North region which includes Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, several municipal...

Jul 29, 2020

Melfort Heliport construction set to take off

With the thrust of a handful of shovels, a project nearly three years in the making will see the light of day.Representatives from the North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF), Municipal Health Ad...

Lisa Brady Jul 29, 2020

Fifty new cases of COVID-19 in Sask., 44 of those in the North

There are 50 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, 44 of those cases are in the North region.According to a media release, the new cases are also located in the South (three), Regina (two) and Centra...

Jul 29, 2020

‘Five years of weight off my shoulders:’ Saskatoon’s safe consumption site to open Oct. 1

Saskatoon now has an opening date for the province's first safe consumption site.Prairie Harm Reduction - rebranded from AIDS Saskatoon - announced on Tuesday that the consumption site will open in a ...

Jul 29, 2020