Tag Archives: Health
Record 439 new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) reported 439 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a new one-day record. There are also new records for active cases with 2,537 and people in hospital due to COVID-19...
Nov 21, 2020
'You will be refused entry or asked to leave': SHA highlights need for mask wearing
Wear a mask and wear it properly, otherwise you could be asked to leave.That's one of the key messages from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as they remind everyone who enters their facilities ...
Nov 21, 2020
Saskatchewan in ‘dangerous territory,’ says chief medical health officer
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the province is experiencing its first true wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March.Speaking on Gormley on Friday, Dr. Saqib Shahab said as ...
Nov 20, 2020
Province records another death, 153 new cases of COVID-19
A resident in their 80s from Saskatoon has died from COVID-19 bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 33.There are 153 new cases to report in Saskatchewan today, Nov. 20, which brings t...
Nov 20, 2020
Victoria Hospital's neonatal unit expansion moving forward
Construction is moving ahead on the major expansion to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert. Quorex Construction Services Ltd. from Saskatoon has been sele...
Nov 20, 2020
'I left the store in tears' : Prince Albert mother raises concerns with pandemic policy
By all accounts, Shannon Halpenny's trip to the grocery store Wednesday night with her seven-year-old son, should have been routine, but she says the events that transpired left her shaken and upset.T...
Nov 19, 2020
180,000 new vaccines coming to Saskatchewan next year, reviewing the models
According to Saskatchewan Minister of Health Paul Merriman, the province will have 180,000 vaccines in the first quarter of next year.Canada's federal government has secured six million vaccines, four...
Nov 19, 2020
CEO, president of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation receives national award
The CEO and president of the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation received national recognition today in light of her efforts to improving the health of children and youth in Canada.Brynn Bobac...
Nov 19, 2020
Daughter of 89-year-old in Saskatoon care home worries about quality of care amid COVID-19 outbreak
A 62-year-old Dalmeny area woman has removed her mother from a Saskatoon area care home after she says she became worried about the quality of care she had been receiving over the last few weeks.The w...
Nov 19, 2020
Province records another death, 132 new cases of COVID-19
The province has announced another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in the province is 32.There are 132 cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the total to 5,553...
Nov 18, 2020
