Pandemic by Stephen Whitworth More than a year after it started, Covid-19 is on the rise again in Saskatchewan, more than 200 new cases most days, record numbers of people in hospital ICU beds, and schools in some (but not all) parts of the province shifting to remote learning. With new variants making up an increasing proportion of cases, though, the pandemic is scarier than ever. Every part of life is affected: seeing our friends, visiting family, shopping and sending kids to school. Every person we interact with carries a risk of infecting us. To use vernacular we at this newspaper are fond of, it pretty much sucks butt for everyone.