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Posted: Jan 31, 2021 9:49 AM CT | Last Updated: January 31 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers across Canada have been studying its effects on our mental health. (CBC) Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers across Canada have been studying its effects on mental health.  In August — six months after the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Saskatchewan — researchers used an online poll to reach a comparable probabilistic sample of 576 Saskatchewan residents about their experiences during the early months of the pandemic.  The population-based survey...

Posted: Jan 30, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 30 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has said he believes the province should name organizations that are ticketed for allegedly breaching public health orders. But according to the Ministry of Health, privacy laws prevent the province from naming individual people. (Germain Wilson/CBC)

Posted: Jan 29, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 29 University of Saskatchewan epidemiologist Nazeem Muhajarine says he's not surprised to see that a clear majority of survey respondents want more government action on COVID-19 restrictions.(Chanss Lagaden/CBC) Two out of three Saskatchewan respondents to a recent survey said the government's current COVID-19 restrictions don't go far enough. In a survey of more than 1,500 people by the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), 67 per cent said the current rules are insufficient. About 25 per cent said they...

Article content The Saskatchewan premier is assuming things will get better because people will just simply follow the current COVID-19 restrictions, now extended until Feb. 19. The obvious flaw is there’s evidence to suggest the existing rules may not be working even if people do follow them (which people aren’t always doing). We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Mandryk: COVID-19 shows Sask. people are unmotivated to change Back to video News that three bars were hit with $14,000 fines was seen by many as a sign that people and businesses mi...

Article content A familiar voice crackled as members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Southend flicked on their radios earlier this month. From receivers on kitchen countertops and car radios, PBCN Chief Peter Beatty patiently described receiving a COVID-19 shot as the far north east embarked on a fast-paced vaccination drive. He spoke mostly in Cree, encouraging older band members to get the shot and giving his listeners a dose of reliable information over the airwaves. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Indigenous leaders take to radio, socia...