Tag Archives: Health
Province reports 87 new COVID cases, 114 recoveries, and one death
The province reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on March 17. This brings the provincial total to 30,970 cases and 1,264 cases are considered active.One Saskatchewan resident who tested ...
Mar 17, 2021
Microbiologist says ‘you can’t compare’ how effective vaccines are against each other
As thousands of people across Saskatchewan get their first dose of one of the current COVID-19 vaccines, some may wonder if there's one shot that's better than the others."When you look at the data, a...
Mar 17, 2021
P.A. woman recalls frustration with SHA as husband dies in hospital
A Prince Albert woman is sharing her frustrations during a traumatic time of losing her ailing husband amid COVID restrictions at the Victoria Hospital in December. She says over a three week period s...
Mar 17, 2021
Saskatchewan's 80+ population 50 per cent vaccinated as total active cases fall
Vaccine administration continues across the province with 50 per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 80+ having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of March 16. This compares with 37 p...
Mar 16, 2021
Half of Canadians want first COVID-19 vaccine available: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests about half of Canadians are willing to get immunized against COVID-19 with the first vaccine they're offered, while one quarter would be willing to wait to get a shot they...
Mar 16, 2021
RM asked to address speed concerns on local grid
Tammy Dunn is tired of seeing vehicles fly by her house, disobeying the post speed limit, and fears an accident is waiting to happen.For the safety of her family, she's written a letter to the Rural M...
Mar 16, 2021
Carlton Park tenants raise concerns over living conditions
Editor's note: This story was updated Tuesday afternoon to include a statement from the Weidner managment team.Tenants at Prince Albert's Carlton Park apartments are fed up with what they are describi...
Mar 15, 2021
Vaccine eligibility expanded to include remaining phase one healthcare staff
All remaining phase one healthcare workers will soon be eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.Starting March 16 at 8 a.m., healthcare workers part of the phase one high risk group that ...
Mar 15, 2021
Province reports 110 new cases of COVID-19, no deaths
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 110 new cases and 207 recoveries. Also residents who are age 50 or older in the Far North are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Vaccines ReportedAn addit...
Mar 15, 2021
Coming week will see trickle of COVID-19 vaccine doses before floodgates open
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is expecting a smaller-than-normal shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with fewer than 445,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech shots scheduled for delivery ov...
Mar 15, 2021
