The province is telling us of three new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. The location of one of the three is pending, but the other two are in the Saskatoon and North Central regions. These cases bring the provincial total to 1,632. The six recoveries mean there are now 31 active cases in the province with […]
Canada’s top public health officers say widespread vaccination of Canadians is the only way to corral COVID-19 and allow life to return to a semblance of its pre-pandemic state. Dr. Theresa Tam and her deputy, Dr. Howard Njoo, are offering that assessment one day after the Trudeau government announced the latest instalment in its plan […]
The NDP continues to hack away at the government over its back to school plan. Leader Ryan Meili wants the Premier to tell us where the 75 million dollars in federal funding announced last week is going. Meili says the federal government bailed the Saskatchewan government out last week with the money, but with a […]
A mask mandate for public indoor spaces in Regina is not in the cards at this time. City council chose not to pass a motion that would have made masks mandatory during a special council meeting on Monday afternoon at city hall. The debate was the last item from the August 26 regular council meeting […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising the public of possible COVID-19 exposure in Prince Albert. A person who previously tested positive for COVID-19 visited the Cornerstone Walmart on August 22nd from 10:00-11:00 AM, and Original Joe’s in Cornerstone from 11:15 AM to 12:30 Pm that same day. That same person also visited Mr. Mikes in […]
The Monday update from the province on COVID-19 shows we are now sitting at 34 active cases. There are four new cases to report. One each in the Saskatoon, east central, south central and southwest regions which brings the provincial total to 1,619 reported cases. Investigations completed thus far have found that five of the […]
The federal government has announced a partnership with several companies to produce a COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says agreements with NovaVax and Johnson and Johnson to reserve millions of doses of the vaccine they’re developing. “The most recent vaccine tests show promising results, that’s why we’re making sure that if […]
The federal government has a deal with a third vaccine developer to get access to an experimental COVID-19 vaccine as early as next spring. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Montreal this morning where he is set to announce details of the agreement with Maryland-based biotechnology company Novovax. The contract promises to secure for Canadians […]
Regina City Council will reconvene Monday afternoon to wrap up last weeks meeting that went past the allowed time. One topic remaining on the agenda is the discussion surrounding a mask mandate across the city. Edmonton and Calgary made mask usage mandatory city wide on August 1st, numerous other municipalities around the country have done […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public that an individual who tested COVID-19 positive visited these Regina businesses while likely infectious. August 23 – Save on Foods, 4520 Albert Street South, from 6 to 6:45 p.m. August 24 – Evolution Fitness South, #100 3615 Pasqua St., from 1 to 2 p.m. (using free weights) August 27 – Great Canadian […]
