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Health officials say a program prescribing liquor to chronic drinkers in La Loche is helping keep its most vulnerable residents safe amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Northern medical health officer Dr. James Irvine said the managed alcohol program (MAP) launched by the Saskatchewan Health Authority in the northern village has become an “integral part of the COVID-19…

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses says one of 34 employees considered non-contact with a COVID-19 patient at Regina's Pasqua Hospital is now exhibiting symptoms of the virus. Tracy Zambory, the president of SUN and a registered nurse, told CTV News the employee was self-monitoring prior to showing symptoms and is now in the process of being tested. "That is very concerning,…

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) says the provincial government is dragging its feet on declaring a COVID-19 outbreak at the Pasqua Hospital after a patient at the facility tested positive for the virus earlier this week. On Thursday, when the case was announced, SUN president Tracy Zambory called on the province to declare the case an outbreak, saying the patient came in close…

The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses doesn’t understand why Regina’s Pasqua Hospital is being treated differently than Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital. Tracy Zambory said Friday on Saskatchewan Afternoon that an outbreak should have been declared after a patient tested positive for COVID-19 at the Pasqua, just as an outbreak had been declared at the P.A. facility…

The province says a correctional facility in Regina is being used for people who have tested positive for COVID-19. The White Birch Remand Centre is currently housing three people with the coronavirus who refused to follow public health orders to self-isolate. "It's for those individuals that that failed to comply with the local conditions and are a danger to the…