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When Andrea Kosloski got called in to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the intensive care nurse had to stop herself from sprinting into the Saskatoon hospital room. "I was so excited. It's just that snippet of hope in a very, very long year," she said.   Kosloski is one of roughly 7,000 people to receive at least one dose of vaccine in Saskatchewan so far, most of…

Board meeting Sept 9,2020 The Board of Directors approved the Position Statement on Mask Wearing in the Context of COVID-19. Board meeting Oct 14 & 16, 2020 The Board of Directors approved the 2021 budget. Board/SDC meeting Oct 15, 2020 The Board and SDC Chairpersons participated in a presentation by Saskatchewan Federation of Labour staff, Deena Kapacila and Eric Bell titled;…

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has been interpreting and applying provision #10 in the temporary Letter of Understanding (LOU) concerning COVID-19, to mean that unless a confirmed start date has been stated at the time the offer of employment is accepted, the commencement of the new position can be postponed…

At least 40 of our province’s seniors who were living at Extendicare Parkside in Regina have died, and almost all residents and staff at the facility have been infected since a COVID-19 outbreak was first declared on November 20, 2020. I am shaken by the scale of this tragedy. It is heartbreaking and should never have occurred. As a 30-year long-term care nurse and president of…

REGINA -- She's a mother, a nurse and she loves to volunteer, but now Debbie Rodger can add being Regina’s 2020 Citizen of the Year to the list. "I feel very humbled because there's lots of wonderful citizens in Regina and you know not all of us have the opportunity to do big things, sometimes it’s just the little things that make a difference for your neighbour."…