Tag Archives: Health
Sask. wedding industry prepares for restrictions lift
As of Sunday at midnight, all mandated COVID-19 related restrictions in Saskatchewan will come to an end, which affects people who have planning their weddings and the businesses that host and plan th...
Jul 08, 2021
'I still stand by my freedom of rights': former care home worker speaks out after losing job for attending freedom rally
A woman who lost her job at a long term care home in Melfort after attending a freedom rally in Prince Albert last spring, says it was never her intention to hurt anyone.Jackie Marshall and her adult ...
Jul 07, 2021
'What we ask is for people to stay home': active COVID cases at Hatchet Lake surpasses 100
Editor's note: This story was amended at 8 p.m. Tuesday to include a statement from PAGC.The Chief of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation says every effort is being taken to control the spread of COV...
Jul 06, 2021
Half a million Saskatchewan residents now fully vaccinated
After an additional 7,393 second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were reported in the province today, the Saskatchewan government is reporting over half a million Saskatchewan residents are now fully va...
Jul 06, 2021
Northern community dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, Delta variant
As many Saskatchewan communities watch their COVID-19 case numbers drop, the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation - including Wollaston Lake - is dealing with a fast-moving outbreak.The outbreak was declared June...
Jul 05, 2021
'Figure of hope' praised for role in COVID-19 fight after death
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was the first person in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has died. Gisele Lvesque, 89, died on June 28 peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by family, according t...
Jul 04, 2021
Heatwave presents challenges for SaskPower
A spokesperson for SaskPower is confirming that a number of power outages across the Prince Albert region this week have been indirectly caused by the scorching hot weather.Customers in the Canwood, A...
Jul 02, 2021
Twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 reported in the province
The province is reporting an additional 21 new cases and 36 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 2. This includes only eight new cases in the province's northern zones.This brings the prov...
Jul 02, 2021
Ministry of Health no longer releasing COVID updates on weekends and holidays
As COVID numbers continue to trend downwards in Saskatchewan, the province is taking a break from reporting daily statistics.Starting Thursday, the Ministry of Health will no longer issue a COVID upda...
Jul 01, 2021
Committee established to discuss new pool for Shellbrook
Discussions surrounding a new pool in Shellbrook, have come to the surface.A committee has been formed and had its first meeting earlier this month. Co-chair Kathleen Nording, who is also a town counc...
Jul 01, 2021
