Author Archives: Lisa Schick

After several weeks of learning at home, students in Regina will be heading back to class Monday - but at last check, it still wasn't clear what kind of a role rapid tests will play. In March, the pro...

NDP MLA Doyle Vermette was overwhelmed and emotional Friday afternoon, just minutes after the Legislative Assembly unanimously passed The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act after the thi...

After days of fear and uncertainty, Roshelle Montgomery held her husband's hand while he died last Thursday. Warren Montgomery, 42, had COVID-19 and had been in the hospital for a week, but it all sta...

As of 8 o'clock Friday morning, thousands more people in Saskatchewan will be able to get a COVID-19 shot as eligibility expands once again. The eligibility will move to people 40 years of age and old...

While members of the public is being told to stay home if they feel sick, some can't afford to miss the hours at work. However, the provincial government is pushing calls for paid sick leave over to t...

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Parkside Extendicare long-term care home in Regina was one of the worst in the province, and the NDP now has a document that raises more questions about what happened ther...

It has been a couple of weeks since the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant established itself as the dominant strain in Saskatchewan, but a new variant is now starting to spread. Originally only five cases of t...

The COVID-19 situation in India is critical right now, with skyrocketing new cases every day and a health-care system that can't deal with the flood of patients -- and people in Saskatchewan from Indi...

Saskatchewan's premier and health minister are brushing off another invitation, extended through the opposition leader, to tour the intensive care unit at the Regina General Hospital. In Question Peri...

In the wake of at least three so-called "freedom rallies" this past weekend, Saskatchewan's health minister isn't holding back his distaste. "These gatherings are ridiculous. They have to stop. I unde...