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Politicians and public health officials promised new measures to further protect long-term care home residents and workers are coming very soon, as facilities caring for some of Canada's most vulnerable grappled with "horrific" COVID-19 outbreaks over the weekend. "People who are residents at long-term care homes are a particularly vulnerable group of Canadians, and we have…

Saskatchewan has recorded its fourth death from COVID-19.  The person is a Saskatchewan resident in their 60s who died from COVID-19-related complications, the province's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, said during a teleconference on Saturday. The death came as the province announced four new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to…

SASKATOON -- About one in 10 Battleford area residents received food hampers in March, according to Food Banks of Saskatchewan. “The demand for food will be significant in the coming weeks and months, but I have been involved with this program for 15 years and one thing I know is that our community and our province will always step up when called upon," Battlefords District executive…

From CFNU:  There isn’t enough evidence to predict whether COVID-19 will have an impact on pregnant health care workers, or whether they are at greater risk of infection and severe morbidity, but with respect to pregnant workers employers should err on the side of compassion, and focus on alleviating the anxiety of workers and any potential health risks to the mother and her fetus.…

Statistics Canada has released its first jobs report since COVID-19 hit Saskatchewan.  The report says there were roughly 21,000 fewer jobs in the province in March than in February. About three-quarters of lost jobs were part-time. In late March, bars, restaurants and other businesses deemed non-essential were closed by government restrictions put in place to help flatten the curve…