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Two of Saskatchewan’s largest unions representing health care workers want Premier Scott Moe to rein in talk of reopening the province’s economy, warning it’s too early to relax measures that have slowed the spread of COVID-19. Tracy Zambory, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, said she was shocked when Moe said Monday that a plan to gradually reopen businesses…

SASKATOON -- University of Saskatchewan researchers and three local companies are helping to address a provincial shortage of hand sanitizer using a campus bioprocessing facility to temporarily produce sanitizer and key ingredients, while a group of collaborating businesses gear up for larger-scale production. The university’s Bioprocessing Pilot Plant was producing hand sanitizer - up to…

REGINA -- The province of Saskatchewan is reporting two new cases and 14 recoveries on Monday. Eight people are in hospital, the province says. No one is currently in the ICU. Saskatchewan now has 300 confirmed cases of the virus. Of that total, 118 cases are considered active. All cases are confirmed. The province is reporting 14 more recoveries, for a provincial total of 178 recoveries.…

A pregnant nurse in Regina is raising concerns about the risk of being exposed to COVID-19 on the job and what she feels is a lack of accommodations to protect her. The woman requested her identity be kept confidential because she is worried about retribution from her managers or employer. For the purposes of this story, she will be called ‘Anne.’ In line with the official…

Medical professionals fighting on the front lines against COVID-19 are also taking on the mental work of providing care during a pandemic. The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) told Global News members are dealing with the health threat on all fronts. “It is the COVID-19 overload,” Tracy Zambory said. “They hear it all day at work, they…