Saskatchewan

Provincial COVID-19 cases now at 66, two confirmed cases are under age 19

As of Monday, March 23, the province confirmed 14 more cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 66 reported cases. Two of those cases are individuals in the five to 19 age category. Th...

Mar 23, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): --- 9:05 Anyone who ignores Vancouver's state of local emergency declaration could receive a ticket and stiff fine if cit...

Mar 23, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

First case of COVID-19 in Humboldt

The City of Humboldt announced late on Sunday, March 22 that a confirmed case of COVID-19 had been identified in the community. "I received an email late last evening from the individual who has teste...

Mar 22, 2020 City of Humboldt (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

COVID-19 rules to come from province, not municipalities

To eliminate confusion and maintain a consistent message, all emergency orders surrounding COVID-19 will come from the province, not municipalities, the province said in a news release Sunday. The cla...

Mar 22, 2020 Drawing the line: many store floors now have lines on them to guide customers regarding social distancing. But the province is drawing a bigger red line regarding the new laws mandating the enforcement of 14-day self-isolation. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Rosthern doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 saw 15 patients

On Saturday, it was announced that the Rosthern Medical Clinic and the town's hospital are being shut down due to one of their doctors contracting COVID-19.In a post on the medical clinic's Facebook p...

Mar 22, 2020 Rosthern Doctor, Jess Melle, and his wife contracted COVID-19 from a recent trip to Alberta, leading to the closure of the town's medical clinic (seen here) and hospital. (Rosthern Medical Clinic/ Facebook)

Rosthern doctor announces he has COVID-19, hospital and clinic shut down

In a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon the Rosthern Medical Clinic confirmed it was not able to provide in-person consultations, after an earlier post suggested one of their doctors had contracted C...

Mar 22, 2020

SARCAN shutters operations amid COVID-19 concerns

Local recycling just became another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic amid restrictions being put in place to help stop its spread. SARCAN Recycling has closed all of its locations across Saskatchewan...

Mar 21, 2020 SARCAN Recycling is closing all its locations in Saskatchewan. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

COVID-19 cases rise; P.A. doctors infected at event

As of Saturday, Saskatchewan has 17 new positive cases and one presumptive positive case of COVID-19. The province now has 44 cases in total: 25 cases are confirmed and 19 cases are presumptive.All of...

Locals self isolating after second case of COVID-19 in Southend

One week ago the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) held a press conference to call for more to be done to protect the province's remote and vulnerable northern communities.At that pres...

Mar 21, 2020 The northern community of Southend (cameconorth.com)

Sask. NDP leader in self-isolation

The leader of the provincial NDP, Ryan Meili, announced in a video news conference on Friday that he is in self-isolation at home.Meili said his wife, Mahli Brindamour, who is a pediatrician, woke up ...

Mar 20, 2020 Ryan Meili (YouTube)