The amount of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is once again under 100. The province says there were 90 new confirmed cases on Wednesday meaning we have been below 100 cases for six of the last seven days. The new cases are located in the Far North West (6), Far North East (4), North West […]
The provincial government says between 8:00 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, around 12,000 appointments were booked for pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations. Health Canada announced on Friday that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine meant for those five to 11 was eligible to be used in Canada. It’s expected vaccines will begin to be administered Wednesday in Regina and Saskatoon. […]
Tuesday’s Question Period saw more debate over the province’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, NDP Leader Ryan Meili accused the Sask. Party government of stopping Crown Corporations from moving ahead with a masking mandate before the province implemented theirs in September. “Internal (Crown Investment Corporation) documents show that the president of SGI wanted […]
The Saskatchewan government is indicating that case numbers have improved enough to send more Saskatchewan Health Authority workers back to their original positions. President of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency Marlo Pritchard says more workers than expected have been able to go back to their original positions. “As of Nov. 19, 79 percent of eligible […]
There are 69 new cases of COVID-19 being announced in Saskatchewan Tuesday. The new cases come from Saskatoon (13), the central east (13), the south east (13), the north central (seven), Regina (six), the far north west (two), the south central (two), the far north east (one), the north west (one), and the central west […]
The Saskatchewan government is introducing legislation that would create safe access zones for people going in and out of schools across the province. The move is being made to make sure families can get into schools without being harassed while vaccines are rolled out for kids ages 5-11. “Similar to the protections provided for patients, […]
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is glad to see a vaccine approved for use in Canada for children ages five to 11. President Patrick Maze says teachers have been looking forward to this. “Teachers and schools in particular are one area of society in Saskatchewan that haven’t been able to do proper social distancing since the pandemic […]
For the fourth time in the last five days, there are less than 100 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Numbers from the province Friday show 89 new infections and three more deaths bringing the provincial total to 908. The active case count now sits at 1,102 The new cases are located in the Far […]
As expected, Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11. The mRNA vaccine will still be administered with two shots at least eight weeks apart, but will be about 1/3 the dose given to those 12 and over. The Federal Government and Health Canada are expected to provide more details, including […]
Saskatchewan officials held a media briefing Thursday morning which saw Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer present modeling data for the month of November. His report highlighted the fact that both hospitalizations and ICU admissions are down over the last two weeks by 29 per cent and 41 per cent, respectively. However, […]
