OTTAWA – Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Dec. 9. Moderna anticipates starting shipments to Canada within the next 48 hours. Up to 168,000 doses are set to arrive […]
The province is reporting seven more COVID-19 related deaths. This brings the total to 98. Five of the seven were aged 80 plus with four from Saskatoon and one from Regina. The other two to die were a person in their 20’s from the Northwest region and a person in their 50’s in the west-central […]
Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 death toll is up to 91 after two more residents who tested positive for the virus passed away. The provincial government shared in their COVID-19 update on Monday that the individuals were from the Saskatoon and North West zones and in the 80+ age group. There are 269 new cases, 73 recoveries and […]
There are still many active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, but the active case count has dropped on Friday. The latest numbers from the government show 246 new cases with 387 recoveries putting the active case number at 4,547. The new cases are located in the Far North West (19), Far North Central (1), Far […]
Saskatchewan will have to wait a few more hours before finding out what the province’s plan is when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. Health Minister Paul Merriman and provincial chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab were to release the details at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, but a power outage hit south Regina including the […]
Six more people have died from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. This brings the total number of deaths to 66 with 33 of those happening in the last 18 days. Five of the six who died were over the age of 80 with three of those people coming from the Regina zone. It is believed they are […]
The Regina Catholic School Division is moving to remote learning for the last school week of 2020 and the first school week of 2021. This decision comes one day after the Regina Public School Division made a similar announcement in an attempt to halt the spread of COVID-19 in schools. The Catholic school division says […]
Regina Public Schools will be switching to virtual learning until at least January. The move is being made effective Dec. 14 and will be in effect for all grades across the public school system. Students are scheduled to return to in-person learning on Jan. 11, a week after school resumes from the holiday break. Spokesperson […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first COVID-19 vaccine doses are on track to arrive this month, as tough new measures took effect in Prince Edward Island and Ontario hit a new daily case record today. Trudeau says Ottawa has reached an agreement with Pfizer to have up to 249,000 doses delivered, pending Health Canada […]
The province is reporting four more COVID-19 deaths bringing the total to 51. Three of the four were aged 8o or over with the fourth in the 60-79 age category. Three of the four were from the Saskatoon region with the fourth coming from the southeast. The news comes as the province announces 181 new […]
