Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Report on French Catholic Church abuse reminding local dioceses of work to be done in Sask.
Earlier this month, a report revealed more than 200,000 children have been victims of abuse at the hands of the French Catholic Church. But local dioceses are saying the legacy of abuse exists in Sask...
Oct 25, 2021 Pamela Walsh and Archbishop Donald Bolen at a recent presentation on responding to clergy sexual abuse. (Archdiocese of Regina/Submitted)
Incoming vaccinations will 'definitely' bring child case rates down
Through the pandemic, about a third of cases in Saskatchewan have been in kids and teens, so as cases have gone up in Saskatchewan the last few months, so have cases in kids. However, those high numbe...
Oct 25, 2021
Canadian military being deployed to Saskatchewan
The Canadian Armed Forces is being deployed in Saskatchewan to help with COVID-19 case counts and near-capacity ICUs across the province. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair t...
Oct 23, 2021
More ICU transfers from Sask. to Ontario planned for next week, SPSA says
By the end of the weekend, there will be nine critically ill Saskatchewan patients in Ontario hospitals, according to the president of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA). And Marlo Pritchard...
Oct 22, 2021 (SHA/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Oct. 22: 300 new cases, 12 deaths
Nearly one-third of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday were kids under the age of 11. The Ministry of Health announced there were 300 new cases, with 99 of them in the 11-and-un...
Oct 22, 2021
SaskEnergy rate hike approved by provincial government
Saskatchewan homeowners will be paying more for natural gas starting Nov. 1. SaskEnergy announced Friday the provincial government has approved the corporation's application to increase its commodity ...
Oct 22, 2021
More than 100,000 flu shots given in first week, SHA says
After less than a week of flu shots being available in the province, more than 105,000 vaccinations already had been done. That number represents the shots given as of Monday, according to the Saskatc...
Oct 21, 2021
'It is time to stop asking nicely': Calls mount for more public health measures
The Canadian Medical Association has some strong language about the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan: "It is time to stop asking nicely." CMA president Dr. Katharine Smart says she's ...
Oct 21, 2021
Health-care staffing issues not just due to COVID-19: SEIU-West
For weeks, we've been hearing that the limiting factor in Saskatchewan hospitals isn't necessarily the equipment but the properly trained health-care workers — and top officials of the SEIU-West...
Oct 21, 2021
Saskatchewan to send three more ICU patients to Ontario
Saskatchewan is set to transfer three more intensive care patients to Ontario. In a media release Thursday, the Saskatchewan government said it would be sending one ICU patient on each of the next thr...
Oct 21, 2021
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