With no new positive cases in the area in the last 14 days, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is lifting some visitor restrictions at Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital and long-term care homes. Two family members or support persons can be identified to support patients or residents, but only one person can visit the home or facility […]
The province has a new record high when it comes to COVID-19 cases in one day. On Wednesday, 60 new cases were announced with 48 of them coming from colonies in the southwest and west-central parts of the province and 43 of those being located in a single colony in the RM of Lawtonia. Premier […]
A record high number of COVID-19 cases is being reported by the province on Wednesday. 60 cases bring the provincial total to 1,030. The 60 is the highest total the province has seen since July 16 when 42 cases were announced. Of the 60, the province says 48 are from colonies in the southwest and […]
The NDP Education Critic was joined by Elya Lam Wednesday who cited three specific concerns about sending two of her children back to class this fall. Lam is former teacher with the Saskatoon Public School Division who points out that stringent rules are in place for businesses trying to reopen but if you read the […]
The new president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association is speaking out on COVID-19 saying recent numbers show that we must once again do what we did when the pandemic started to prevent the economy from shutting down again. Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz says on behalf of all doctors in the province, she is asking you to […]
More than 30 Canadian Foodgrains Bank projects in Saskatchewan are midway through the growing season. Volunteers plant crops, and inputs are donated by various companies. The provincial Foodgrains Bank representative Rick Block says all of the projects went ahead as scheduled and were not affected by COVID-19. By mid-March, he says supplies and planning for […]
On Tuesday afternoon, Premier Scott Moe was talking about the Saskatchewan Roughriders bid to become a CFL hub city in 2020 and which he preached the positives and negatives of such a bid when word came down that the league was going with Winnipeg. With a snap of his fingers and a shake of his […]
The province says there are eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Tuesday bringing the provincial total to 970. Of those 970 cases, 142 are considered active. The South region has three of the eight new cases being announced with the Far North and Central each having two and one in Saskatoon. Eleven more […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority gave good news to residents in Radville and surrounding communities on Monday. Emergency services are resuming at the Radville Marian Health Centre starting July 27 after they were suspended in order to convert the facility into a temporary community hospital. Radville was one of 12 communities that were affected by the move […]
One post-secondary institution in Saskatchewan is offering some in-person classes this fall. Great Plains College, with campuses in Swift Current, Kindersley and Warman, along with locations in Biggar, Maple Creek and Rosetown, will be delivering classes as a blended model of both online and in-person classes for a variety of their courses. President and CEO […]
