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On October 14th, the SHA implemented universal masking strategy as an added level of precaution to protect employees and patients; these measures are in addition to the continuous masking guidelines currently in place. As reported in the SHA Daily Rounds email (October 14), effective October 19th, all health-care employees will be required to wear a mask…

SUN is advocating for a mandatory masking policy in Saskatchewan as the province grapples with a growing threat of increased community transmission of COVID-19.   We must be vigilant now more than ever. Canada is on the cusp of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic along with annual flu season, and new case numbers here at home in Saskatchewan, and across the country, are steadily on the…

REGINA -- Flu clinics will begin in Saskatchewan on Oct. 19, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Anyone over the age of six months is encouraged by the SHA to get a flu vaccine, which is available at clinics throughout the province, some physicians and nurse practitioners offices and local pharmacies. “Getting vaccinated is especially important for people at high-risk of…

“This isn’t a Saskatchewan case or a Canada case. This became a North American case, and frankly global." Saskatchewan nurse Carolyn Strom has won a landmark appeal against her regulatory body in a years-long case that delved into questions about the limits on a nursing professional’s freedom of expression. A Saskatchewan Court of Appeal panel ruled on Tuesday morning…

We are extremely pleased that Carolyn Strom has won her appeal. SUN is proud to have supported Ms. Strom and the voice of all registered nurses in Saskatchewan and Canada throughout this important case – a case that had far-reaching implications for freedom of expression, democracy, and the ability of registered nurses to speak out both as professionals and as individual…