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Some Saskatchewan doctors say case numbers show lowered rates of COVID-19 among the fully-vaccinated, and booster shots may be needed.

‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson joins Saskatchewan Health Authority Chief Medical Officer Dr. Susan Shaw to discuss what she calls a crisis in the province’s health-care system. Saskatchewan is seeing record-setting hospitalizations in a Delta variant-fuelled fourth wave, and Shaw doesn’t see a plateau coming in the near future. She is hopeful the newly...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday that he spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday about increasing the province’s COVID-19 vaccination rate and what the province needs to overcome the fourth wave of the pandemic.

A new USask study shows the number of people getting their first COVID-19 vaccine doses doubled after Premier Scott Moe announced a proof of vaccination policy.

An organization is threatening legal action if the University of Saskatchewan vaccine mandate, which brought the campus vaccination rate up to more than 95 per cent, is not rescinded.

University of Saskatchewan president Peter Stoicheff joins Global News Morning to talk about the latest on campus, including vaccination rates, VIDO-InterVac and Huskies Athletics.

Breaking news out of Saskatchewan: At least ten people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in stabbing incidents that spanned multiple locations. A manhunt is now underway for two suspects identified as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson. A province-wide dangerous person alert has been issued and extended into Alberta and Manitoba....

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced on Tuesday guidance on Steps 2 and 3 of the province’s reopening plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which is dependent on vaccination rates.

Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman said on Tuesday the province is not looking at introducing any incentive programs to entice people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, adding that they haven’t seen any programs that have “jumped up the rates considerably.”

More than 108,000 COVID-19 shots have been administered across Saskatchewan, announced Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday, making it the province with the second-highest rate per capita rate of total vaccination after Prince Edward Island.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday warned that the province was “virtually out” of COVID-19 vaccines and it would result in the vaccination program being “stalled” for a number of days, though they are expecting more vaccine doses next week. He said they have the highest percentage of vaccines administered among provinces and the second-highest...

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Scott Livingstone said on Tuesday the province won’t wait 16 weeks to administer the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to older individuals who received their first dose earlier than others, and will prioritize them as the province starts to reopen in late May. He said the province will escalate...

Seventy per cent of the population over the age of 30 have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the trigger for setting the date to start Step Two of Saskatchewan’s re-opening plan.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet, but with lower case counts and higher vaccination rates, Saskatchewan has given overnight summer camps for kids the green light.

The latest on the Saskatchewan fatal stabbings and the search for nine missing people following a plane crash in Washington State. In addition, it’s time for most of B.C.’s kids to head back to school so what is the latest on the vaccination rate among this age group?

Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan’s chief public health officer rolled up his sleeve for the influenza vaccine on Wednesday. After receiving the influenza shot, Shahab encouraged all adults over 18 to stay up-to-date on all their shots and get the bivalent COVID-19 booster. “If it’s after 6 months, you should get the booster” Shahab recommended.

Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab reassured the public on Tuesday on the safety of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after Canada announced its first report of a blood clot in a recipient, saying the system to investigate and manage these rare side effects is well-developed, and that the risks of COVID-19 still outweigh...

Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman commented on if the province would reach an 80 per cent COVID-19 vaccination rate, stating that while they “can’t put a date” on it, people are going to continue getting vaccinated throughout the summer. “I’m encouraged that people are coming out still,” he said, adding “if we can get higher...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe criticized people who have been avoiding the COVID-19 vaccine intentionally and advocating others do the same, saying it was being done under “some misguided notion of defending your personal freedoms” but that they were the ones “standing in the way” of having restrictions lifted. Moe urged them and all residents to...

As Canada’s Covid-19 vaccination rates continue to rise amid the second dose rollout – experts are warning it won’t last. New numbers reveal one in five people in Alberta and Saskatchewan are holding off from getting vaccinated. Global News’ Jamie Mauracher has more.