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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Patient worried about changing treatments after monoclonal antibodies reserved for COVID
The Saskatchewan government has made monoclonal antibodies available to COVID-19 patients during the fourth wave, but immunocompromised patients who regularly rely on those treatments feel like they'r...
Nov 08, 2021
Health minister believes municipalities should stick to their jurisdictions
It appears the Saskatchewan government wouldn't allow any municipality to take health orders into its own hands. On Friday, Saskatoon's city council voted down a proposed bylaw that would have impleme...
Nov 02, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (File photo/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Oct. 30: 189 new cases, 226 in hospital, 4 deaths
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan continued to trend downwards Saturday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said the average had fallen by six from Friday's update t...
Oct 30, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
Proof-of-vaccination policy introduced for SHA facilities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced that proof of full vaccination will be required to enter its facilities starting Nov. 8. In a news release issued on Friday, the SHA said that will incl...
Oct 29, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Senior medical health officer discusses letter sent to Sask. government
The doctor behind sending a letter to the Saskatchewan government asking for more COVID-19 measures is providing his reasoning. Senior medical health officer Dr. Cory Neudorf sent the letter showcasin...
Oct 27, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. doctors pen letter to government, ask for more to be done on the COVID front
Some medical health officers (MHO) in Saskatchewan are teaming up to ask the provincial government to do more to address challenges caused by COVID-19. MHOs are designated by the Ministry of Health to...
Oct 26, 2021 A woman being tested for COVID-19 in her vehicle at the drive-through testing facility in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Council votes for more vaccine rules for city facilities
People in Regina will now have to provide proof of vaccination or a negative test in order to attend more city-owned facilities. That goes into effect starting Nov. 1, and it will impact anyone ages 1...
Oct 25, 2021 Mayor Sandra Masters speaks to the media on Oct. 25, 2021. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Rapid testing kits begin arriving in Saskatchewan
Some of the Saskatchewan government's two million rapid testing kits are beginning to appear at locations throughout the province. Chambers of commerce throughout Saskatchewan were expected to receive...
Oct 22, 2021 (Forbes.com/Twitter)
Tavern owner frustrated with public health order discrepancies
A Saskatchewan tavern owner is frustrated that public health restrictions mandating proof of vaccination for businesses aren't more fair. Christine White, who owns the Crossroads Inn in Stoughton, sai...
Oct 22, 2021
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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