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SHA takes next step in fight against COVID
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is stepping up its efforts in order to fight the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the province. In a media release Friday, the SHA said it was activating "a second phase of...
Sep 17, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 17: 472 new cases, 7 deaths reported
The Saskatchewan government reported Friday the deaths of seven people due to COVID-19, the most in a day since late March. The latest deaths included one person in the 20-to-39 age range, one in the ...
Sep 17, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Inquest into Samwel Uko's death postponed
The coroner's inquest into the death of Samwel Uko has been postponed due to the new COVID-19 protocols implemented in Saskatchewan on Thursday. In a media release Friday, the Ministry of Justice anno...
Sep 17, 2021
Saskatoon police looking for potential witnesses to fatal crash
The Saskatoon Police Service is looking for more witnesses as it continues to investigate a two-vehicle crash on Aug. 31 that claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman. Police specifically would like to...
Sep 17, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Shahab decries ‘misinformation’ among unvaccinated in Sask.
As he has done in numerous media conferences over the past 18 months, Dr. Saqib Shahab on Thursday urged Saskatchewan residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. But Saskatchewan's chief medical hea...
Sep 16, 2021
'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)
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