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COVID vaccine approved for young children: parents react
By Nigel Maxwell, paNOW Amanda Morin has three children between the ages of five and nine years old, and despite Friday's announcement from Health Canada that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for ...
Nov 20, 2021
Temporary vaccine or test policy to continue in Swift Current school
Players and fans at the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association 5A girls volleyball championship this weekend at Swift Current Comprehensive High School will still have to present their proof o...
Nov 19, 2021 Swift Current Comprehensive High School. (Google Maps)
Latest COVID update Nov. 19: 89 new cases push total over 80K
Saskatchewan added 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, pushing its total during the pandemic past the 80,000 mark. Since March of 2020, 80,025 cases have been reported in the province. Over the past s...
Nov 19, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Teachers' federation 'excited' for kids in school to get vaccinated
The approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged five to 11 will be a big relief for teachers in the province. Patrick Maze, the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, said t...
Nov 19, 2021
Doctor speaks on emergence of new COVID variant subtypes in Sask.
As the COVID-19 virus passes on to more people, the chance of it mutating into a different variant grows. This makes Health Canada's approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged five to 11 even...
Nov 19, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
Canada drops PCR test requirement for travellers taking short trips
Canada has changed the border measures it put in place to arrest the potential spread of COVID-19. As of Nov. 30, fully vaccinated people who leave Canada by land or by air and return within three day...
Nov 19, 2021
'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
Education minister defends policy on extracurricular vaccinations
Saskatchewan's education minister is defending a policy that would allow unvaccinated teenagers to play sports with other students, vaccinated and unvaccinated alike. Earlier this week, in a letter se...
Nov 19, 2021 Education Minister Dustin Duncan. Nov. 18, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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 thou...
Nov 19, 2021
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 - th...
Nov 18, 2021
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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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8:30 - After a weekend of tornado warnings, large hail, and damaging winds, southeastern Saskatchewan is once again unde...