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(OTTAWA, ON) – An investigation into Canada’s management of COVID-19 and the safety of the nation’s health care workers has been released. The investigation’s report, A Time of Fear, details Canada’s systemic preventable failure to adequately prepare and urgently respond to the gravest public health emergency in a century. An independent investigation…

SHA Effective Staffing Strategy Committee Approves New Temporary Positions …

SHA Limited In Ability To Mandate Members To Work …

With flu season fast approaching, the Saskatchewan government has increased its order of influenza vaccine. In a media release Tuesday, the government announced it had purchased 36.5 per cent more vaccine than it did in 2019 in hopes of meeting an expected rise in demand. As well, high-dose vaccine is available this year for personal care home residents who are 65 years of age or older.…

With the Saskatchewan Health Authority working to increase daily COVID-19 testing capacities, one union has concerns over current staffing levels to help accommodate that. "Increasing the capacity is always a good thing. I think testing and monitoring is the way to find our way out from underneath the crush of this pandemic," said Barbara Cape, the president of the Service Employees…