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Dr. Volker Gerdts is already thinking about the next pandemic. The director and CEO of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization — International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) and his team have been working on a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, since before it even had a name. On January 21, just as the organization got federal approval to work on…

Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health is joining other provinces across western Canada by no longer providing a daily coronavirus update. As of Canada Day, data related to COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan will no longer be updated on weekends and statutory holidays, says the government of Saskatchewan. Going forward, news releases and updates will be posted Monday…

One of the first things Charysse Cashmen noticed was her mother’s feet.  In the 53 days since Catherine Bourgeois arrived at the Outlook and District Health Centre, her feet had swollen and a fungal infection had begun on one foot. Cashmen would later learn the 95-year-old had only been bathed twice since she arrived. Cashmen and her daughter Jocelan Ireland say…

Clare's Law comes into effect Monday in Saskatchewan — the first jurisdiction in Canada to implement it. With the new legislation, police can warn people about a partner's violent past, though the RCMP has declined to participate for now, citing federal privacy laws and saying they are still trying to figure out how they can implement it. In the meantime, people in rural…

OTTAWA -- New national modelling on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada shows that “hotspots” remain in Ontario and Quebec, and the percentage of younger people contracting the virus has increased in proportion to a decrease in older patients in the last month. Federal health officials are projecting that as of July 12 the country could see between 103,940 and 108,130 cases, and between…