As Dr. Saqib Shahab stood in front of a group at Darke Hall in Regina, accepting the Distinguished Canadian Award from the University of Regina for him and his team, he talked about how he didn't feel he deserved it. Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, said he felt he was just one of many who were doin...

With an update to the COVID-19 dashboard on Friday, the province revealed a data problem has kept multiple deaths, dozens of hospital cases, and thousands of resolved cases and negative PCR tests off the public totals. Dr. Saqib Shahab explained that missing data were discovered." "There was a flag that was b...

After 14 straight days without a COVID-related death in Saskatchewan, the province reported nine more deaths due to the virus Friday. The last time the province reported this many deaths was on Oct. 28, 2021, when the province recorded 11 deaths. To date, 969 Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID. One person wh...

Matthew Cardinal hasn't been this happy in a long time. The 34-year-old Regina man cried tears of joy when he heard Health Canada approved Pfizer's COVID-19 treatment pill, called PAXLOVID. The approval, announced on Monday, is a game-changer, according to Cardinal. "This is tremendous. This is huge for everyone i...

The number of people with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan hospitals rose again Monday. The Ministry of Health's update said there were 1,412 new cases, continuing the recent trend of more than 1,000 cases a day for much of the last two weeks. Hospitalizations due to COVID rose to 167, up five from Sunday. Of those, 154 people...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is paying attention and watching closely what COVID-19 is doing in long-term and personal care homes in the province, according to the authority's interim COO, Derek Miller. "It is an area of concern for us, but we do believe we are prepared to be able to manage cases in long-term...

The Government of Saskatchewan said that information released on Tuesday shows how COVID-19 vaccinations continue to protect people against severe illness. The COVID-19 Vaccination and Breakthrough Infections report for December showed just over 1 per cent (65 cases) of the 4,621 cases last month were hospitalized. Int...

As COVID-19 cases are rising in Saskatchewan, schools are starting to feel it. On Monday, Yorkton Regional High School sent out a letter to staff and families announcing all grades at the school would be going to remote learning due to the "large number of positive cases reported." The letter said an outbreak...

COVID cases continue their upward climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update, the province reported 1,099 new cases and 574 recoveries, raising the active total to 7,418. There were no new deaths. There are 119 people in hospital, with 13 of those in intensive care. According to the Ministry of Health: As of January 9t...

Students in Saskatchewan are among the only ones in the country back at school this week, after other provinces pushed the start of classes back a week or more because of growing COVID-19 case numbers. Dr. Shawn Davidson, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA), said the divisions he has heard fr...