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With the Saskatchewan Health Authority working to increase daily COVID-19 testing capacities, one union has concerns over current staffing levels to help accommodate that. "Increasing the capacity is always a good thing. I think testing and monitoring is the way to find our way out from underneath the crush of this pandemic," said Barbara Cape, the president of the Service Employees…

Labour Day is an important reminder of our strength when we work together toward a common good. This past year has been a difficult one for all of us – both in our professional lives as registered nurses and in our daily lives in our communities. COVID-19 has turned the world upside down for everyone. So many workers and families are suffering and have sacrificed so much as governments…

The Canadian Press - Saskatchewan's health minister says the government will expand access to the life-saving antidote naloxone as a record number of people are dying from drug overdoses. Although pharmacies in the province don't usually distribute free naloxone, some started to when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived to limit the number of people in hospitals and clinics. Jim Reiter…

REGINA -- With four months left in 2020, Saskatchewan has already seen its most overdose deaths in a decade. The Saskatchewan Coroners Service has confirmed 40 people have died from drug toxicity deaths between Jan. 1 and Aug. 6. The coroner’s report also shows 139 deaths are suspected to have been due to drug toxicity. The 179 overdose deaths are more than any of the past ten years, the…

Nearly all Saskatchewan school divisions will require masks this fall, despite the provincial government refusing to bring in a mandate. The government left boards to decide whether to make masks mandatory in schools, unlike Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Alberta, which made them a rule in certain settings. Most recently, Manitoba switched from strongly recommending to mandating mask use for…