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Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced new measures including new screening and masking requirements to ensure safety in SHA facilities due to COVID-19.

The province of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday a number of relief measures aimed at the province’s oil and gas sector.

Tuesday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced proactive measures and precautions to combat COVID-19 and ensure safety in SHA facilities, including new screening and masking requirements for health care providers.

When Cornelia Michaelsen and her husband Ole got the news that Cornelia was pregnant with their second child, they were happy, ready for an added but welcomed stress to their normal spring seeding routine, near Lampman, Sask.

Warrant to hold issued

As an unorthodox Easter weekend has drawn to a close, we are now upon Canada's fifth week of isolation and physical distancing. For many it feels like it has been longer than a month, and people are longing for life to return to normal.

As the coronavirus pandemic persists Interior Health appears to be keeping its staff on a short leash when it comes to social media.

Single-use face masks are washing up on Hong Kong beaches, threatening marine life and raising questions about hygienic disposal of the masks, says a Saanich researcher in marine plastic pollution.

Where physical distancing is challenging, wearing a non-medical mask or face covering may help, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Socials might be turning into a thing of the past for now, but the core ideas of community support and community spirit remains a part of the Prairie DNA.