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The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) believes public health measures may have pushed COVID-19 infections below a “tipping point” in the province, as authorities plan for fewer deaths and draw up a phased approach for resuming elective surgeries. The SHA released a new modelling document on Tuesday. It is now planning for a scenario with 254,756 cases of COVID-19 and 3,050 deaths…

Canada's top doctor says that when Canada's locked-down economic activity revives, she expects to see companies embrace a "new normal" in how they operate to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. In the second part of a wide-ranging interview with CBC News, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said that when Canadians return to…

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) cannot provide a timeline for when elective surgeries will resume in the province, as it continues to prepare for a worst-case scenario with up to 255,000 cases of COVID-19. Scott Livingstone, the SHA’s CEO, said in a press conference Tuesday that it’s hard to leave hospital beds empty when people need them. But he wants the health system…

Adrienne Zuck has tackled numerous opponents during nine seasons as a linebacker with the Regina Riot. However, she never anticipated having to deal with something like the coronavirus in her capacity as a registered nurse. Zuck, who works in the neuroscience unit of the Regina General Hospital’s acute care department, has been spared some of the front-line challenges that other nurses…

Hundreds of health-care workers in the province have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, with the vast majority of them being in the Calgary area. There have been 472 cases of health-care workers testing positive for COVID-19. Those include doctors, nurses and people working in continuing care, according to Alberta Health. Calgary is by far the hardest hit — 72 per…