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Residents in Saskatoon gathered today to speak out against COVID-19-related racism. The event was organized by the city's Chinese community after a 15-year-old boy suffered an alleged racist attack in May. The boy was out for a bike ride when a man allegedly started yelling at him, accusing him of spreading the virus, and threw him to the ground. The boy managed to capture a short video of…

Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer has ruled out restrictions like those that were in place earlier this year in the event a second wave of COVID-19 hits the province.  In an interview with CBC News, Dr. Saqib Shahab said through late March and early April, he felt a sense of relief because Saskatchewan's residents went above and beyond what he expected…

Passengers travelling by plane to, from or within Canada will soon have to undergo temperature checks before boarding as part of stepped-up airport screening measures meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by travellers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. "Our government is mandating temperature screening for air passengers through a phased approach, first for those travelling to…

The bad guys slipped the virus into the eHealth Saskatchewan computer system on Dec. 20. For the next 17 days, it crept undetected through the network, copying some of the most sensitive health and personal information collected by government. This massive intrusion stopped Jan. 6, but not because the cyberthieves were caught. That's when the shakedown began. Employees trying to access…

Paramedics in Saskatoon say May was a record month for overdose calls. Medavie Health Services West spokesman Troy Davies said ambulances responded to 262 overdoes calls last month. The opioid antidote naloxone, sometimes referred to under the brand name Narcan, was administered 48 times. “That’s a number we’ve never seen before in the history of our service,” Davies…