Tag Archives: Health
Hope and the Future: a challenging year but strides taken in mental health and addictions
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories."Our system and health ca...
Dec 24, 2020
Province records 159 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths
Five people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died in the province, marking a total of 130 deaths in Saskatchewan to date. Over half of those deaths have occurred this month.Two deaths in the 70-79 age gro...
Dec 23, 2020
Adjusted holiday hours at COVID-19 drive-thru testing site
Prince Albert's drive-thru testing site will have modified hours over the holiday season. The option has proven to be a popular one since it opened on Dec. 2 at The Cone Shop Car Wash on Sixth Avenue ...
Dec 23, 2020
VIDO-Intervac gets green light to begin COVID-19 clinical trials
VIDO-Intervac's COVID-19 vaccine has cleared another milestone.The research facility at the University of Saskatchewan was given the green light from Health Canada to begin its Phase 1 clinical trial ...
Dec 23, 2020
Health Canada authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on ...
Dec 23, 2020
Maintaining your mental health over the COVID holidays
The holiday season in 2020 is unlike anything we've experienced in the past.Zoom calls may be replacing old traditions in your home and you may feel uncomfortable about it all, but that's O.K., accord...
Dec 23, 2020
Hope and the Future: Progress in Northern health
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.While the COVID-19 pandem...
Dec 23, 2020
Prince Albert to receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine week of Jan. 4
Nearly 4,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be delivered to Prince Albert the week of Jan. 4, Health Minister Paul Merriman said in a press conference Tuesday. It was not immedia...
Dec 22, 2020
Three deaths, 181 new cases of COVID-19 and 223 recoveries
The province has announced three people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.All three deaths were in the 80+ age group. One in the North West zone and two in the Regina zone.There are 181 new c...
Dec 22, 2020
COVID cases at two P.A. schools
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified positive COVID-19 cases in one individual in each of the following schools: cole Vickers Public School and John Diefenbaker Public School.In a media re...
Dec 21, 2020
