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Canada bans travellers from southern Africa due to new variant
With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa. During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the b...
Nov 26, 2021 Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam responds to a question during a news conference Tuesday December 8, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Saskatchewan seeks to address stagnant vaccine uptake
Saskatchewan is looking to jumpstart its stalled COVID-19 vaccination program. Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said during a conference call Thursday the vaccine uptake has "stagnated," ...
Nov 25, 2021
Three more COVID cases confirmed at Regina school
Three more cases of COVID-19 have been detected at Ecole Centennial Community School, bringing the total at the school in the past week to 12. On Wednesday, Regina Public Schools said a Grade 2 and 3 ...
Nov 25, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Doctor addresses parents’ skepticism about COVID vaccines for children
While some parents are determined to have their sons and daughters vaccinated against COVID-19, other parents have a different mindset. Skeptical parents in the province want to see a bit of time go b...
Nov 25, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 25: 96 new cases, 96 recoveries, 1 death
Another Saskatchewan resident who was being treated in an Ontario intensive care unit has returned to their home province. As of Thursday, there were still six people from Saskatchewan being cared for...
Nov 25, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Saskatchewan extends public health order until Jan. 31
Saskatchewan is maintaining the status quo with its public health order. On Thursday, the provincial government announced it was extending the current public health order until Jan. 31 as the province...
Nov 25, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Classroom at Ecole Centennial School to close due to COVID
A Grade 2 and 3 classroom at Ecole Centennial Community School is to close Thursday due to multiple cases of COVID-19. Students in the class are to shift to online instruction on Friday, with a return...
Nov 24, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Kids, parents all smiles for first day of child vaccinations
At long last, parents and kids excitedly trekked to vaccine clinics across the province Wednesday for the first day of child vaccinations in Saskatchewan. The province received 112,000 doses of Pfizer...
Nov 24, 2021 Rogan Knaus with his dad, Steven, at the Prarieland Park vaccine clinic on Nov. 24, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Nov. 24: 110 recoveries, 90 new cases, 0 deaths
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan fell Wednesday to its lowest mark since mid-August. According to the Ministry of Health, the average was 95, or 7.9 per 100,000 people. It h...
Nov 24, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
Parents, doctor react to first day of children vaccinations
Kids between the ages of five and 11 have started rolling up their sleeves throughout Saskatchewan as COVID-19 vaccinations began Wednesday for that age group. Regina's Tyrell Brown is one of many par...
Nov 24, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: Summer fun begins in school already
With field trips and pool visits, Sarah Mills says June may seem like a different education system, but the month also c...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 9
Evan talks about the re-emergence of a flesh-eating parasite in U.S. livestock for the first time in decades, Saskatchew...