{"id":13659,"date":"2020-05-03T22:26:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T02:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=13659"},"modified":"2020-05-18T12:55:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:55:34","slug":"after-covid-19-cases-climb-non-critical-travel-to-northern-sask-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/after-covid-19-cases-climb-non-critical-travel-to-northern-sask-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"After COVID-19 cases climb, &#8216;non-critical&#8217; travel to northern Sask. banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SASKATOON &#8212;<br \/>\n\tThe community of La Loche is coping with fear as COVID-19 cases climb.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the past week, 23 of Saskatchewan\u2019s 28 new cases have been in the north or far north regions \u2013 which includes La Loche.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe community is scared. The community is full of anxiety because of all the unknown factors,\u201d Keith Shewchuk, a La Loche councillor and store owner, told CTV News.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn April 17, the province declared an \u201coutbreak situation\u201d in La Loche. Days later, the province announced its plans to reopen the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShewchuk said he disagrees with the plans.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cSometimes we feel because we\u2019re way up north \u2013 we\u2019re not relevant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Friday, the province reported 10 new cases of COVID-19. The premier said the majority of cases are tied to La Loche.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cMost of today&#8217;s new cases are in the far north and appear to be related to an outbreak in La Loche,\u201d Premier Scott Moe told reporters during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFive people tested positive for COVID-19 in La Loche when the outbreak was declared \u2013 including a care home employee and resident. All five cases were linked to someone who travelled to Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMoe announced a new public health order to try and limit transmission. The new rules restrict all non-critical travel in or out of northern Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCheckpoints have been established by northern leadership along all highways leading into northern Saskatchewan and Friday&#8217;s order provides the &#8220;full legal authority to enforce travel restrictions,&#8221; the province said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe provincial government has also offered fire suppression staff to support the checkpoints if required.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe restriction more specifically covers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/business\/first-nations-metis-and-northern-community-businesses\/economic-development\/northern-administration-district\">Northern Saskatchewan Administration District.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/saskatoon.ctvnews.ca\/polopoly\/CM\/1.4910210\">Sask. gets 10 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more recoveries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tBut Shewchuk said it could be difficult to avoid travel as many people work across the border in Alberta, adding the north faces housing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe have a lack of housing. Some houses, we have five-to-10 people living in a two-bedroom house. So it\u2019s a big concern if someone\u2019s coming back (from working in Alberta) and they don\u2019t want to live in that environment and possibly spread it,\u201d Shewchuk said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMoe announced work camp trailers, used as mobile housing, will be brought into the community and the La Loche Community School will be used for those who need to self-isolate.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA portable COVID-19 testing unit has also been set up in the north to provide quicker results and expand capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOfficials will be at checkpoints throughout the north to educate people about the virus and enforce curfew rules. La Loche\u2019s curfew is from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShewchuk applauded the help but hopes more will be done to provide more cleaning supplies, personal protective equipment and mental health support to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe need resources. Our municipality can\u2019t do it alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saskatoon.ctvnews.ca\/the-community-is-scared-covid-19-cases-spike-in-la-loche-1.4911008\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SASKATOON &#8212; The community of La Loche is coping with fear as COVID-19 cases climb. In the past week, 23 of Saskatchewan\u2019s 28 new cases have been in the north or far north regions \u2013 which includes La Loche. \u201cThe community is scared. The community is full of anxiety because of all the unknown factors,\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15699,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659\/revisions\/15699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}