Tag Archives: Health
Provincial COVID total at 1,376 with eight new cases
There are eight new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province on Aug. 5, bringing the total to 1,376 cases.Of the new cases, there are three in the North East, two in the Saskatoon region, two in th...
Aug 05, 2020
Saskatchewan government drops contract with WE Charity over controversy
REGINA - Saskatchewan is the latest province to cut ties with WE Charity, as the organization deals with fallout from a controversial contract with the federal government. The Saskatchewan Party gover...
Aug 05, 2020
Feds look to finalize deal with airlines amid contact tracing concerns
OTTAWA - British Columbia's transport minister made an official plea to her federal counterpart Wednesday to quickly make airlines provide more details on travellers to aid contact tracing efforts tha...
Aug 05, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:25 p.m. on Aug. 5, 2020: There are 118,187 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,000 confirmed (including 5,687 deaths, 50,886 resolv...
Aug 05, 2020
Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...
Aug 05, 2020
‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan
The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...
Aug 05, 2020
Canada signs deals with Pfizer, Moderna to get doses of COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - Canada now has deals in place with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna to secure millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines, in case either of ...
Aug 05, 2020
Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice
OTTAWA - A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know wheth...
Aug 05, 2020
Potential explosion in mental illness could last years after pandemic: study
OTTAWA - A new study suggests Canadians, especially women, will face a potentially explosive increase in mental illness for years after the COVID-19 pandemic is finally over. Over the long t...
Aug 05, 2020
Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice
OTTAWA - A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know wheth...
Aug 05, 2020