Wanda Plain Eagle was picking up her best friend to help her arrange her son's funeral when she came face-to-face with the opioid crisis in Alberta. She honked her horn to let her friend, whom she affectionately called Sissy, know that

REGINA — Saskatchewan's top doctor says he hopes a plateauing of COVID-19 cases and a vaccine rollout is giving residents a bit of holiday cheer on a day marked by more deaths and new public-health restrictions.  Chief medical health officer Dr.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's premier says it was not appropriate for one of his ministers to cite a public-opinion poll as a measure of success in fighting COVID-19.  Health Minister Paul Merriman pointed last week to an Angus Reid Institute survey that

WINNIPEG — A doctor who works in an intensive care unit became the first person in Manitoba to get the COVID-19 vaccine on the same day the province reported 15 more deaths from the novel coronavirus.  "We are extremely lucky that

VICTORIA — The first COVID-19 vaccination was administered Tuesday in British Columbia as those working in long-term care facilities and intensive care units become the first people to take part in the province's immunization program. Health Minister A...

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan warns tighter enforcement is coming to those who refuse to follow British Columbia's COVID-19 restrictions. Horgan says B.C. has shown itself to be more successful in managing the virus than some of its neighbours, such a...

REGINA — Saskatchewan administered its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday evening to health-care workers in Regina. Dr. Tania Diener, the Saskatchewan Health Authority's immunization lead and medical health officer, said the shots happened les...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he is thinking about appointing a second health minister to help the province fight its high COVID-19 case numbers. Pallister says the move would not be a criticism of Health Minister Cameron Friesen, bu...