Tag Archives: Health
Province records 147 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths
The province administered 88 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, bringing the total amount to 35,447.As of Feb. 1, 108 per cent of the doses received were administered in the province. The overag...
Feb 01, 2021
Vaccine shortages throw province’s plan off track, minister says
Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman told a Commons standing committee Monday the province's vaccine shipment for Feb. 8 will only be a third of what was originally promised.The shortages from P...
Feb 01, 2021
SHA board member living in California since November
One of the board members of the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has been spending a lot of time in the United States."We can confirm that Judy Davis has been in California since mid-November, depa...
Feb 01, 2021
Questions remain over Canada's vaccination drive amid delays and fresh applications
Canada's national vaccine rollout seems poised to dominate COVID-19 discussions in the coming week as the country enters the 11th month of life during a global pandemic. The federal government, which ...
Feb 01, 2021
238 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths, 223 recoveries
The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported 238 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the provincial up to 23,864.Four Saskatchewan residents who previously tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One...
Jan 31, 2021
COVID cases reported at three P.A. schools
Public Health officials have notified the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division of individual(s) testing positive for COVID -19 in three schools. In a media release Saturday evening the school di...
Jan 30, 2021
COVID-19 case identified at École St. Mary High School
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division announced a COVID-19 case has been identified in one person at cole St. Mary High School in Prince Albert.Close contacts have been notified, as have the scho...
Jan 30, 2021
258 new COVID-19 cases, 228 recoveries, eight deaths; vaccine clinics postponed
Due to the upcoming reduction in deliveries of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines over the next month, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is adjusting their vaccine distribution schedule. Some ar...
Jan 30, 2021
Northern health worker turns down vaccine tourism caller
The case of the Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get the COVID-19 vaccine has prompted the question - could that happen in Saskatchewan?Former Great Canadian Gaming CE...
Jan 29, 2021
Tisdale farmer, butcher receives support through GoFundMe after December stroke
MELFORT, Sask. – Support is pouring in for a Saskatchewan farmer and butcher who had a stroke in December and is on his way to recovering. Norm Bromm of Tisdale is an organic farmer in the summe...
Jan 29, 2021
