The provincial government has extended the public health order that requires masks to be worn in all indoor public spaces and isolating when positive with COVID-19. It was reimplemented in mid-September after case counts soared in Saskatchewan and daily vaccinations slowed. The public health order was set to expire Wednesday. The new orders are extended […]
The provincial government is expanding the COVID-19 booster program starting Monday, October 25. Boosters will be given to those at least six months after the second dose was received for the following: Individuals aged 65 years and older. Individuals living in the Far North and those living on First Nation communities, aged 50 years and […]
271 new COVID-19 infections are being reported by the province on Tuesday as well as eight more deaths bringing the provincial death total to 793. The new cases are are located in the Far North West (9), Far North East (11), North West (30), North Central (32), North East (3), Saskatoon (82), Central West (1), […]
As a number of schools across Saskatchewan continue to deal with COVID-19, including a high test positivity rate among youth, Official Opposition Education Critic Carla Beck is calling on the province to proactively create a plan to rollout vaccinations to kids ages five to 11 in advance of their approval and to create a pre-registration […]
Regina Police have charged a man after allegedly threatening the lives of Premier Scott Moe and someone from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health. Police say they received a report about a threatening e-mail being sent from a fake account to random people earlier this month. That e-mail had a message about the pandemic and health-related […]
It is news many parents have been waiting for. Pfizer has officially applied for Canadian authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine meant for those between the ages of five to 11, bringing the country one step closer to protection for the school-aged population. It is hoped Health Canada can give the go-ahead on the vaccine so […]
For the third day in a row, a record has been set when it comes to those in the ICU being treated for COVID-19. Numbers on Monday from the Saskatchewan government show 85 people are now in an intensive care unit which is up one from Sunday’s report. In all, there are 335 in hospital […]
The number of people needing the intensive care unit in Saskatchewan because of COVID-19 continues to increase. A record-high 84 patients are in the ICU. This breaks the record of 81 set on Saturday. In all, 333 people are in hospital with the province saying 251 of those are not fully vaccinated. There are 320 […]
Another 411 new cases of COVID-19 have been announced in Saskatchewan on the provincial dashboard. Those new cases come from Saskatoon (98), the north central (58), the north west (51), Regina (49), the central east (39), the far north east (21), the south east (19), the north east (18), the far north west (18), the […]
Operation Red Nose will not be held in Saskatchewan, Manitoba or Alberta this year, due to high COVID-19 numbers. A statement from the organization says since deploying the annual large-scale service depends, among other things, on the public health situation, the organization has no choice but to push it to next year. Operation Red Nose […]
