Tag Archives: Health
Visitor limitations in place as COVID-19 cases increase in Meadow Lake
Due to a rise of COVID-19 cases in Meadow Lake, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is advising residents to follow public health guidelines, adding there will be new visitation limits at Meadow L...
Dec 07, 2020
Prince Albert COVID compliance complaints surpasses 100, but no charges laid
The public health messages surrounding COVID-19 may still be sinking in for many people in the Prince Albert area, according to the latest statistics from the Prince Albert Police Service. For the per...
Dec 07, 2020
Eight people test positive for COVID-19 at B.C. mink farm, outbreak declared
BURNABY, B.C. - A health authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm after eight people at the operation in British Columbia's Fraser Valley tested positive for the disease. Fraser Healt...
Dec 07, 2020
Province records 60th death, 274 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported another resident from the Regina zone who tested positive for COVID-19 and was in their 60s has died.There are 274 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskat...
Dec 07, 2020
Outbreak on Sturgeon Lake First Nation declared over
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in the Sturgeon Lake First Nation over.According to a media release, the outbreak that was announced on Oct. 21 is declare...
Dec 07, 2020
First doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, not yet approved, to land in Canada next week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Canadian soil by the end of the month, with the first doses delivered next week.Health Canad...
Dec 07, 2020
First doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, not yet approved, to land in Canada next week
OTTAWA - A small number of the most vulnerable Canadians could be immunized against COVID-19 before the holidays as the first doses of Pfizer's vaccine are set to arrive next week. Prime Minister Just...
Dec 07, 2020
Sask. nurses’ union shocked COVID rules could be relaxed for Christmas
Premier Scott Moe has been keeping the door open to the idea of COVID-19 restrictions being loosened by Christmas, allowing people to gather in slightly larger groups for the holiday.The president of ...
Dec 07, 2020
Vaccines coming this month, as Ontario hits new daily record and P.E.I. locks down
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history could begin as early as next week, as tough new measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 took effect in Princ...
Dec 07, 2020
U of S professor recommends Vitamin D supplement for boost in the winter
In the winter months, it can be difficult to get the Vitamin D we need.That's why Dr. Susan Whiting, distinguished professor in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan,...
Dec 07, 2020