Tag Archives: Health
Employee at Meadow Lake Co-op tests positive for COVID-19
The Meadow Lake Co-op released a statement that an employee has been diagnosed with COVID-19.The member, who worked on October 29, 30, and 31 and has been self-isolating since Halloween, revealed the ...
Nov 05, 2020
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
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths may continue to rise in coming weeks: Tam
Severe cases of COVID-19 may soon rise as hospitalizations and deaths catch up to the recent spread of the illness, Canada's chief public health officer warned on Wednesday, as Quebec and Ontario repo...
Nov 04, 2020
Two Melfort businesses named in latest COVID-19 exposure list
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has reported their latest COVID-19 exposure list and Melfort is mentioned.On the evening of Oct. 29, a person or persons who tested COVID-19 positive were at two loca...
Nov 04, 2020
Canada's first case of rare swine flu variant found in central Alberta patient
EDMONTON - Canada's first case of a rare swine flu variant has been found in a patient from central Alberta, but the province's chief medical officer of health says it seems to be isolated. Dr. Deena ...
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