Tag Archives: Health
110 people tested on Day 1 of P.A. COVID testing drive-thru
UPDATE: Around 2 p.m. Thursday the testing site line-up was cut off to accommodate those who could be processed by the 4 p.m. closing time.--The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the pu...
Dec 03, 2020
Pandemic strengthens mission for Victoria Hospital Foundation radiothon
For the 15th year, radio stations within the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group (JPBG) in Prince Albert will team up with the Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) to present the 'Give a Little Life Day' radio...
Dec 03, 2020
Defence chief says CAF will be ready after ordering COVID-19 vaccine prep last week
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces received formal orders last week to start planning for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, though the military's top commander says preparations have been underwa...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID case at John Diefenbaker School
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual in John Diefenbaker Public School in Prince Albert. In an email, the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Divisi...
Dec 02, 2020
FSIN presses federal government to make First Nations a priority for the COVID vaccine
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is still months away, but the organization that represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan wants to make sure its members have a place reserved in line.The Federat...
Dec 02, 2020
Courts, not province, control who is released from custody, Minister says
The provincial minister in charge of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety says the government has no authority to control who is on remand or who is released from provincial correctional centres.Ch...
Dec 02, 2020
Prince Albert's drive-thru testing site busy for first day
Update: As of 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, SHA advised that anymore in the lineup beyond a truck with flashing lights located at the intersection of Eighth St. E and Sixth Ave. E. would likely not be seen tod...
Dec 02, 2020
U of S study shows hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants may pollute air
A University of Saskatchewan team has conducted research into the airborne polluting effects of cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants and says these pose health risks.According ...
Dec 02, 2020
Liberals have no mandate for spending: Hoback
Prince Albert MP, Conservative Randy Hoback, says the federal Liberal minority government does not have a mandate for large amounts of the proposed COVID response spending that includes money for soci...
Dec 01, 2020
Four more deaths related to COVID-19 in province's deadliest week of pandemic
In the last seven days, 14 Saskatchewan residents have died from COVID-19 complications marking it as the deadliest week of the pandemic in the province's history.Today, Dec. 1, the province reported ...
Dec 01, 2020
