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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
STF demands stricter COVID measures in Saskatchewan schools
Action needs to be taken to reduce COVID-19 transmission in schools. That's according to the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF), which released an open letter to the Government of Saskatchewan an...
Oct 21, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Ontario doctor puzzled after Sask. cancels transfer of ICU patient
An Ontario-based critical care doctor was surprised Wednesday when he learned his hospital would no longer be receiving ICU patients from Saskatchewan. Dr. Michael Warner was anticipating getting an I...
Oct 21, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'We're in really bad shape': Saskatchewan doctor on ICU numbers
Some COVID-19 ICU patients are getting moved to Ontario to ease the impact on the health-care system, but an infectious disease doctor at Regina's General Hospital says it isn't making things any easi...
Oct 20, 2021
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...