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'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
Latest COVID update Nov. 18: 95 new cases, 4 deaths
Saskatchewan continues to lead Canada in rate of deaths due to COVID-19. According to Health Canada statistics, the death rate in the province in the past two weeks was 3.4 deaths per 100,000 populati...
Nov 18, 2021
Watrous man opens his bowling alley for stranded travellers
There could be much worse places to be stranded than a bowling alley during a winter storm. Kelvin Fellner, who runs Jake's Place in Watrous, opened up his building to anyone who needed in out of the ...
Nov 18, 2021 (Kelvin Fellner/Submitted)
One-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives but booster likely needed, doctor says
The single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now available in Saskatchewan, but it may not be one and done if people want to stay fully protected in the long run. Infectious disease physi...
Nov 18, 2021
Report says Health Canada poised to approve Pfizer vaccine for kids
According to the Toronto Star, Health Canada is expected to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged five to 11 on Friday. On Oct. 18, the drug manufacturer asked Health Canada to approve its C...
Nov 18, 2021
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