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• Saskatchewan redeploying 600 health-care staff to support COVID-19 surge

  By mid-December, the Saskatchewan Health Authority will have space for 250 additional COVID-19 patients as cases continue to surge.

  Health

  Dec 3, 2020
• SaskTel bringing high-speed internet to over 20 rural Saskatchewan communities

  Balgonie, Biggar, Langham and Pilot Butte will be the first communities to receive the latest broadband technology under SaskTel’s Rural Fibre Initiative.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
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• Saskatchewan rolling out $8M in support for small businesses during COVID-19

  In April, the province earmarked $50 million for the SSBEP program, with $32 million being doled out. During December, another $8 million will be distributed to small businesses.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
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• Visitation restricted at acute care facilities in Regina due to ‘escalating’ COVID-19 activity

  Recent Government of Saskatchewan modelling shows the Regina area is averaging 71 new cases a day.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2020
• Canadian Armed Forces deployed to Saskatchewan in emergency response to COVID-19

  This will be the third time the Canadian Armed Forces have assisted Saskatchewan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2020
• Saskatchewan reports 351 new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations reach all-time high

  The seven-day average of daily cases rose to 250 on Sunday, up from 234 on Saturday.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2020
• Sask. RCMP investigating suspicious death in Medstead after body found near grid road

  The Saskatchewan RCMP have launched a suspicious death investigation after the body of a man was found near a grid road in Medstead.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2020
• 197 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Saskatchewan

  There are 3,322 active coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan as of Saturday, marking the ninth day in a row a new record has been set for active cases.

  Health

  Nov 28, 2020
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• Increased COVID-19 exposure linked to curling clubs in Shellbrook, Christopher Lake: SHA

  Those who recently visited a curling rink in Shellbrook and Christopher Lake, Sask., are required under the public health order to immediately self-isolate.

  Health

  Nov 28, 2020
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• Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe tests negative for COVID-19, remains in self-isolation

  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will emerge out of self-isolation just in time for the first session of the 29th legislature, which begins on Monday at 10 a.m.

  Politics

  Nov 27, 2020
• NAV Canada could scale back operations at Regina airport following review

  In the coming weeks, an aeronautical study will be launched to assess the level of service required at the airport.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2020
• COVID-19 confirmed at 5 Regina schools

  Aside from those who are moving to online learning, the schools will remain open for other students says the division.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at Regina’s Santa Maria long-term care home

  The facility says they are still in the early days of the outbreak and are working with public health.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
• Classrooms at 5 Saskatoon, Martensville schools move online following COVID-19 cases

  Five classrooms at five different schools in Saskatoon and Martensville are moving online after individuals at each school tested positive for COVID-19.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
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• 236 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, hospitalizations reach all-time high

  Saskatchewan's seven-day average of daily cases rose from 203 on Saturday, to 211 on Sunday.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
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• Several COVID-19 cases at Lumsden High School pushes all classes online

  Lumsden High School will remain closed until Dec. 7.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
• 28 people test positive for COVID-19 at Luther Special Care Home in Saskatoon

  Luther Special Care Home in Saskatoon is reporting 28 cases of COVID-19 at its long-term care facility days after an outbreak was declared.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
• Saskatchewan will do everything it can to avoid another lockdown: Moe

  Premier Scott Moe said it would be “disastrous” for Saskatchewan’s small business community to face a second lockdown as they did in the spring.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2020
• Saskatchewan reports 439 new COVID-19 cases, breaking previous single-day record

  As COVID-19 cases spike, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says new measures are being considered and the government 'will have more to say' next week.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2020
• Indigenous former NHLer, Fred Sasakamoose, hospitalized with presumed COVID-19

  His family first reported the news of his presumptive COVID-19 status on his organization's Facebook page on Friday evening.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2020
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• Pandemic not stopping Santa from flying into Regina malls this season for photo-ops

  Not even Santa is immune to COVID-19, but kids can still get a picture taken with him.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2020
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• New COVID-19 modelling shows grim future in Saskatchewan if measures aren’t followed

  Saskatchewan is holding off on a lockdown as it relies on the public to follow COVID-19 measures in order to avoid a grim forecast which could include thousands hospitalized by May.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2020
• Mask mandate comes into effect provincewide as Saskatchewan tries to tame COVID-19

  Masks are now required in all indoor public places across Saskatchewan.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2020
• Saskatchewan looks to feds for help as contact tracing becomes challenging

  “You can’t tell where the source of exposure was,” Dr. Saqib Shahab said. “That’s the challenge.

  Health

  Nov 18, 2020
• Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe rejects NDP call for immediate circuit-breaker lockdown

  NDP Leader Ryan Meili is calling for a three-week circuit breaker to slow the transmission of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.

  Health

  Nov 18, 2020