SASKATOON A teen is the victim of a collision that occurred on Thursday near Neuanlage, Sask. on Highway 11, the Osler Fire Department confirms. Fire chief Jason Pauls said the teen was helping another driver in the ditch, using his truck to pull the driver out, when he was hit by a passing car. RCMP have not disclosed the age or condition of the teen. “All witness accounts is that he was being a Good Samaritan and helping pull somebody out of the ditch when he was struck,” Pauls told CTV News. STARS air ambulance was called to the scene shortly after crews from Osler and Hague arrived just before 5 p.m.
Posted: Jan 11, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 11
Saskatoon ICU nurse Andrea Kosloski smiles under her face mask after getting the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after Christmas. She s expecting her second dose on Jan. 18.(Andrea Kosloski)
When Andrea Kosloski got called in to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the intensive care nurse had to stop herself from sprinting into the Saskatoon hospital room. I was so excited. It s just that snippet of hope in a very, very long year, she said.
Kosloski is one of roughly 7,000 people to receive at least one dose of vaccine in Saskatchewan so far, most of them health-care workers. Nationally, about 320,000 doses have been administered, according to this tracker.
Posted: Dec 24, 2020 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Kinley Hildebrandt was born with a liver disease that has forced her to spend a lot of time in the hospital undergoing treatment or surgery. She often receives a teddy bear from Teddy Bears Anonymous and says it makes her happy.(Candis Hildebrandt)
Posted: Dec 20, 2020 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 20, 2020
Summer Heide, 32, drives a grain cart during harvest on her farm in southeastern Saskatchewan. She discovered through genetic testing that she was at high risk of developing a deadly stomach cancer at a young age. It forced her to make difficult decisions that would affect her life and the lives of her children.(Trent Peppler/CBC )