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REGINA — Canada’s chief public health officer says a COVID-19 outbreak gripping Saskatchewan’s far north is an area of concern. Dr. Theresa Tam says not only is the region remote, but it’s home to Indigenous communities. Health officials in Saskatchewan say the novel coronavirus arrived in the Dene village of La Loche, 600 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, last month…

On May 3, 2020, SUN wrote to Kevin Zimmerman, the SHA's Executive Director of Labour and Employee Relations to express concerns regarding contradictory information within the SHA’s recent response to staffing in areas of the COVID-19 outbreak.  In short, SUN has been informed by members that orders have been made by Medical Health Officers in both the La Loche and…

More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, federal and provincial governments are using extraordinary measures to supply health-care workers with personal protective equipment, including letting them use expired masks. And with more than 61,000 cases of COVID-19 coast to coast, and the country reaching the milestone of more than 4,000 deaths on Tuesday, supplies are…

Restrictions on travel in Northern Saskatchewan due to the pandemic is bringing the province's north-south divide to the surface, but some say the people should be rallying together, as opposed to pointing fingers.     Ashton Janvier is a teacher in the Northern Village of La Loche. He says most people in the community are following tight restrictions in place to contain an…

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has set a May 19 date to begin resuming some of the thousands of surgeries put on hold due to COVID-19, but its four-phase plan still leaves timing for a long list of procedures “to be determined.” “Recent data does indicate that the province is in a better position now to move forward on reintroducing services in a gradual and thoughtful…