Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces were caught off guard by a request for help from Saskatchewan during the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show employees in the federal departments were surprised when Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman sent a letter in […]
With uncertainty surrounding the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, Health Minister Paul Merriman, says for now vaccines are still the best protection. In Saskatchewan seniors 65 and up are currently able to get a booster, once six months since their second dose of vaccine has passed. After Question Period Monday, Merriman said they believe vaccines will […]
Tuesday’s Question Period saw more debate over the province’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, NDP Leader Ryan Meili accused the Sask. Party government of stopping Crown Corporations from moving ahead with a masking mandate before the province implemented theirs in September. “Internal (Crown Investment Corporation) documents show that the president of SGI wanted […]
For the second time this week, NDP Leader Ryan Meili was joined in the Saskatchewan Legislature by a resident who had a health service cancelled. 22-year-old Jessie Eide had her surgery cancelled earlier this year, just four days after she booked it. Eide has been dealing with varicose veins and her surgeon believes she is […]
The provincial government’s actions on COVID-19 have been once again brought forward during Question Period. NDP Leader Ryan Meili accused the Premier once again of playing political games during the pandemic. Meili says the Premier’s actions have been unfair to children. Premier Scott Moe fired back with accusations of his own after the NDP brought […]
After an October that saw a record amount of COVID-19 deaths in one month, provincial health minister Paul Merriman is hopeful that the worst is behind us. He says numbers seem to be trending that way thanks to measures that happened in September. “I think we are seeing a positive impact from those measures.” Merriman […]
A letter addressed to Health Minister Paul Merriman has been sent by 21 medical health officers across the province. The letter, sent to Merriman last week, asks for the government to adopt stricter measures to control the fourth wave of COVID-19 that has hit the province hard. Recommendations in the letter include expanding the amount […]
As Saskatchewan continues to deal with the effects of the fourth wave of COVID-19 that is devastating the healthcare system. the province’s chief medical health officer isn’t feeling optimistic about the future. With hospitalizations hovering around the 300 mark, Dr. Saqib Shahab says it will take a while for the numbers to come down and […]
