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Northern Saskatchewan First Nations trying different tactics to raise COVID-19 vaccine rates
First Nations across northern Saskatchewan are trying different tactics to try and get their members vaccinated against COVID-19.As of Oct. 4, 34 per cent of eligible individuals in First Nations amon...
Oct 08, 2021
Canadian Tire Classic cancelled due to 'COVID-19 situation,' could be rescheduled
The Canadian Tire Classic, the Prince Albert crosstown cup game between the Carlton Crusaders and St. Mary Marauders has been cancelled due to "a COVID-19 situation."That's according to Carlton princi...
Oct 08, 2021
Health ministry, SHA to launch ‘COVID Enforcement Team’ in coming weeks
There could soon be an additional tool to help enforce public health orders in Saskatchewan: A COVID Enforcement Team (CET).During a Saskatchewan Health Authority physician town hall meeting Thursday,...
Oct 08, 2021
Physician town hall paints grim pictures of Sask. COVID-19 situation
During Thursday night's virtual meeting with health-care professionals across the province, the top doctors in the Saskatchewan Health Authority painted a picture of dwindling hospital beds, patients ...
Oct 08, 2021
Riders QB Fajardo says he's on the same page as his receiving corps
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo believes it's possible for something good to come out of something bad. Following last week's 23-17 loss to the Stampeders in Calgary, Fajard...
Oct 08, 2021
Sports psychologists: Price will help end the stigma around mental health in sports
No pain, no gain. "What a terrible phrase that we've used for many years to describe our athletes," Gordon Bloom says of the saying that's been thrown around the sports world since the 1980s -- and su...
Oct 08, 2021
Texas moves to reinstate nation's toughest abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas on Friday asked a federal appeals court to swiftly reinstate the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., as some abortion clinics in the state resumed normal services for...
Oct 08, 2021
Province reports 576 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 576 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths in the province.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are found in the Far North West (31), Far North Central (on...
Oct 08, 2021
Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the current spike in oil prices isn't enough reason to require the industry to spend more on cleaning up the tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells ...
Oct 08, 2021
British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain's Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada's Far North. The memorandum of understanding follows a 2020 ...
Oct 08, 2021
