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'We will be tested as an organization,' health authority CEO says
The CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Authority said Thursday the province's health-care system is in critical condition. Scott Livingstone reaffirmed the authority will do what it can to handle the risi...
Sep 16, 2021
STF president calls for more contact tracing, change to isolation rules
While new COVID measures were announced in Saskatchewan on Thursday, there are still some issues the head of the teachers’ union would like to see addressed. Patrick Maze, the president of the S...
Sep 16, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 16: 439 new cases, 1 new death
Saskatchewan reported 439 new COVID-19 cases and one new death Thursday. The seven-day average of new COVID cases rose to a record high of 438. The province also announced one more death, pushing the ...
Sep 16, 2021 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mandatory masking, vaccine passports coming to Saskatchewan
Just over two months after dropping all COVID-19 public health measures -- and with new and active cases increasing at a high rate -- Saskatchewan is bringing back one measure and instituting another....
Sep 16, 2021 Premier Scott Moe discusses the public health measures the Government of Saskatchewan implemented on Sept. 16, 2021. (Facebook Live)
SHA warns of increased COVID exposure at Nipawin Hawks game
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 at a Nipawin Hawks home game last Friday. The SJHL team played host to the Melfort Mustangs in a pre-season ga...
Sep 16, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. conservation officers stop boat contaminated with zebra mussels
Saskatchewan conservation officers recently intercepted a boat contaminated with an aquatic invasive species (AIS) near Moosomin. The Ministry of Environment said the examination of a boat at a waterc...
Sep 16, 2021
Saskatchewan's harvest nearly three-quarters complete
Saskatchewan farmers remain well ahead of the average pace for harvest. According to the Ministry of Agriculture's weekly crop report, 74 per cent of the crop has been combined — far above the f...
Sep 16, 2021
RCMP locates second victim of alleged abduction
The RCMP says it has found a woman who allegedly had been abducted by two other women. On Wednesday, another woman told police she had been kidnapped in Meadow Lake and subsequently released in a rura...
Sep 16, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
SHA to use automated messages to send out COVID test results
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is preparing to use automated messages to give Saskatchewan residents the results of their COVID-19 tests. The SHA announced Wednesday it was going to use an automate...
Sep 15, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 15: Number of total cases passes 60,000
Saskatchewan went over the 60,000 mark in total COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The provincial government reported 475 new cases and the addition of two cases that tested positive outside the province, movi...
Sep 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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