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A third COVID-19-related death has been confirmed at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary. According to Alberta Health, the 80-year-old man died on Monday. “This is another tragic case of COVID-19 at its worst,” Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Tuesday. Hinshaw said totals for confirmed cases related to the outbreak at the…

Health-care workers are grateful to those organizing neighbourhood rallies across Saskatoon in their honour, says one nurse. Groups across Saskatoon sang and banged pots and pans Sunday at 7 p.m. from their front yards and balconies and are encouraging others to join them in the coming evenings. "We're just doing our jobs, but it's incredibly…

A small group of second-year medical students at the University of Saskatchewan aren’t letting the fact they can’t practise medicine stop them from helping during the pandemic. The students have spent the last couple of weeks juggling online courses and exams while developing a program to support front line physicians and other medical professionals in a range of ways. That…

SASKATOON -- A Saskatoon woman is calling for changes related to distancing in seniors homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brenda Braaten said she’s worried residents at a private seniors home are not being protected from the virus. That includes her 86-year-old father with dementia who lives at Trinity Manor in Stonebridge. "They continue to have all of their meals, three a day, in…

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing Saskatchewan addictions and mental health treatment programs online — or forcing them to suspend their services entirely. Treatment programs in the province are faced with the difficult choice of balancing two public health crises: a need for mental health and addictions treatment and the potential threat of an outbreak. “We have an obligation to…