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U of S student 'uncertain' with looming winter vaccine policy
A University of Saskatchewan student doesn't know what her education will look like in the new year, but as of right now, it won't be in person. The third-year student said she's concerned with the un...
Nov 22, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 21: 62 new cases, five fewer people in hospital, one new death
After a bump in cases Saturday, Saskatchewan recorded a relatively low number of COVID cases Sunday. In its daily update, the province reported 62 new cases. There were also 181 new recoveries, droppi...
Nov 21, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 20: 185 new cases, 2 deaths, out-of-province tests raise active total
A relatively high number of out-of-province COVID tests raised the active case total Saturday. In its daily update, the province reported that 68 people who live in Saskatchewan tested positive for th...
Nov 20, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 19: 89 new cases push total over 80K
Saskatchewan added 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, pushing its total during the pandemic past the 80,000 mark. Since March of 2020, 80,025 cases have been reported in the province. Over the past s...
Nov 19, 2021
'It's the right thing to do:' Children react to news of COVID vaccinations
Some Saskatchewan children are ready to step up to roll their sleeves up. Children between the ages of five and 11 are now eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, after Health Canada announced Fr...
Nov 19, 2021
Feds, province provide funding to lower child-care costs in Sask.
The federal and provincial governments took another step Friday toward lowering child-care costs for families in Saskatchewan. The governments announced funding will be given to licensed facilities in...
Nov 19, 2021
COVID-19 weighing heavy on Saskatchewan mayors
When Glenn George first took on the role of mayor in Melfort about a year ago, he didn't realize how much the pandemic would impact the job. "I'm working at it twice as hard as I ever thought I'd have...
Nov 19, 2021 (City of Melfort/Facebook)
Province releases new COVID modelling numbers, regional vaccination rate breakdowns
Case rates of COVID-19 are coming down in Saskatchewan, but the province still leads Canada in hospitalization and ICU rates. During a technical briefing with reporters Thursday, Dr. Saqib Shahab -- t...
Nov 18, 2021 Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. mom takes daughter's health-care issues to legislature
Sarah Turnbull's daughter, Blake, hid behind her pink skirt at times while Sarah explained her frustration and exhaustion over health-care pauses and cancellations. Blake is 2 1/2 years old and has be...
Nov 18, 2021
More than 13K COVID cases in Sask. have been kids under 11
More than one-sixth of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 cases to date have been children under the age of 11. On Thursday, the provincial government's COVID dashboard changed the age groups of cases, separatin...
Nov 18, 2021
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