Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Latest COVID update April 23: 245 new cases, 1 death, 52 patients in Saskatchewan ICUs
The number of COVID-19 patients in Saskatchewan intensive care units reached an all-time high Friday. There are 52 patients with the coronavirus in ICUs, an increase of four from Thursday's report fro...
Apr 23, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Conditions apply as Saskatchewan prepares to open care homes to more visitors
Saskatchewan is loosening visitation restrictions at long-term and personal care homes. On Thursday, the provincial government announced that, starting April 29, residents of those facilities will be ...
Apr 22, 2021
Some Sask. pharmacies set to participate in COVID vaccination pilot project
Some Saskatchewan pharmacists are preparing to push plungers in the fight against COVID-19. On Thursday, the provincial government announced a few details about a pilot project that will see up to 63 ...
Apr 22, 2021 (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)
'Just ask questions': A registered nurse discusses vaccine hesitancy
Thousands of people across Saskatchewan are rolling up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine every day, but not everyone is completely convinced about getting the shot. So how do public health official...
Apr 22, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Driving change: $85M in highway projects on spring tender schedule in Sask.
More than $85 million worth of work is to be done on Saskatchewan's highways under the provincial government's spring tender schedule. Among the projects up for tender are: Highway 3 twinning west of ...
Apr 22, 2021 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME file photo)
Expert says Saskatchewan should consider more targeted vaccine plan as variants surge
SASKATOON - Nazeem Muhajarine says he feels a sense of relief after receiving his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at a centre in Saskatoon. "It was just so well-organized and run. I felt co...
Apr 22, 2021
Provincial update on COVID-19, 3 p.m.
Everett Hindley -- Saskatchewan's minister for mental health, addictions, seniors and rural and remote health -- is to provide an update Thursday on the province's response to COVID-19. Listen live he...
Apr 22, 2021
Latest COVID update April 21: 4 deaths, 231 new cases, 365,001 total vaccinations
Four people from the Regina region are the latest Saskatchewan residents to die due to COVID-19. In its daily update Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported one person in each of the 30-to-39, 40-t...
Apr 21, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
21,000+ COVID vaccination appointments cancelled due to 'erratic' Moderna shipments
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says more than 21,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments — mainly in rural Saskatchewan — have been cancelled over the past couple of months, primarily because...
Apr 21, 2021
Saskatchewan truckers to get COVID vaccine jabs south of the border
Saskatchewan truckers will join in on a cross-border COVID-19 vaccine agreement between Manitoba and North Dakota. Manitoba and North Dakota have agreed to vaccinate truckers crossing the Canada-U.S. ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...