Tag Archives: COVID-19

The Western Canadian Crop Production Show is expected to continue as scheduled next week, despite rising cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Saskatchewan. Lori Cates with the Saskatoon Prairielan...

Saskatoon’s Benchmark PPE is seeing an exponential rise in demand for not only its certified medical grade masks in recent weeks but also for its C-95 respirators. “It’s like 15 time...

The Saskatchewan government has reiterated it hasn't dismissed the idea of new public health measures as case numbers of the COVID-19 Omicron variant rise in the province. In a statement Friday, Premi...

The Regina Catholic School Division reported another 30 cases of COVID-19 have been detected in its schools. On its website, the division said letters had been sent to families of students at 15 schoo...

The City of Regina hasn't had to deal with staff shortages due to COVID-19, but plans are in place if that situation should arise. City manager Chris Holden said there have been reports across the cou...

Saskatchewan has not put in any further COVID-19 health measures, but Dr. Saqib Shahab was emphatic in his recommendation Thursday. "We need ... to do everything to blunt the wave," the province’...

The Saskatchewan NDP doesn't believe enough is being done to keep schools safe. Schools across the province welcomed students back this week after the Christmas break, but the provincial government di...

Saskatchewan has set records for daily cases of COVID-19 as well as active cases. The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 913 new cases, breaking the previous record of 735 that was set Friday. Th...

COVID-related hospitalizations in Saskatchewan are starting to creep up again as a huge number of people are getting sick with the Omicron variant. Dr. Alex Wong, an infectious disease physician in Re...

The Regina Catholic School Division has sent letters to some families at 13 of its schools, notifying them of positive COVID-19 cases at those institutions. According to the division's website, five c...