Tag Archives: Health
New cold weather shelter opens in P.A.
The YWCA's new cold weather shelter is now open. Developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Stepping Stones Shelter - at the grandstand at the Prince Albert Exhibition grounds - has twice as many...
Nov 05, 2020
COVID-19 case at Ecole St. Anne in P.A.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Ecole St. Anne School in Prince Albert. A media release from the Prince Albert Catholic School Divis...
Nov 04, 2020
SUN applauds province for reducing group gathering sizes and mandatory mask order
Registered nurses are becoming more and more worried about the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the province.Saskatchewan Union of Nurses President Tracy Zambory says the bright spot...
Nov 04, 2020
Provincial lab tech issues reflect fewer COVID-19 cases than expected
There are 37 new cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the provincial total to 3,408. The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), North West (one), North Central (one), Saskatoon (13), Cent...
Nov 04, 2020
Alberta investigating Canada’s first case of rare swine flu variant
EDMONTON — Provincial health and agriculture officials are investigating a rare case of variant swine flu in a patient from central Alberta. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, a...
Nov 04, 2020
P.A. businesses support mandatory mask requirement
Effective Friday, anyone entering a retail business, pharmacy or restaurant in Prince Albert, Saskatoon or Regina, will be required to wear a mask.The retailerThe decision to make masks mandatory in a...
Nov 03, 2020
Touching stories to be shared during Children’s Hospital Radiothon
This year's Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon Nov. 4-5 is going to mean an awful lot to children across the province like Torrie Schaffer.Schaffer, now 13, got sick on the Easter long weekend...
Nov 03, 2020
Mandatory masks in Prince Albert, further gathering restrictions to take effect Friday
Starting Friday, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon will institute mandatory masking for all public indoor spaces to slow transmission of COVID-19, among other amendments to the current public health...
Nov 03, 2020
Potential COVID-19 exposure in North Battleford, other Sask. communities
Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious:North BattlefordOctober 2...
Nov 03, 2020
COVID case at Ecole St. Mary
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is reporting a COVID-19 case at Ecole St. Mary High School.In a media release Monday evening the division said it had been informed of the positive case by o...
Nov 02, 2020
