Saskatchewan Reports First COVID Case

By Scott Slute

Regina - Two and a half years into the pandemic the Canadian province of Saskatchewan now has it’s first positive case of Covid-19, the province’s top doctor confirmed last night.

The patient in question is 31 year old Bryce Douglas, a wheat farmer from Elbow, Sk, who believes he contracted the virus while attending a bachelor party in Calgary last weekend.

“Been hearin’ aboot this virus for a long while now. So now that it reached our little farm here, I guess we’ll see what happens,” Bryce tells us, “It was still a good time though eh, so I’d say it was worth it. Just feelin’ a little sick there, but could just be from all those Pilsners I drank.”

The remote and sparsely populated province was able to avoid Covid and all related restrictions through the course of the pandemic. And unlike the maritime provinces, which implemented strict entry requirements, Saskatchewan never had to put such policies in place as no one from outside the province has visited since 2019.

But now, with almost 5% of the population infected with the virus, residents of the province are beginning to worry if the provincial government may be forced to put restrictions in place.

“I’ll tell ya, I’m gonna be right pissed if they close the Boston Pizza like they did over there in Edmonton. Just unbelievable,” stated one local man who lives 4.5 hours outside the capital city Regina.

Premier Scott Moe says that currently there are no plans to implement lockdown restrictions, but has confirmed the provinces doctors are looking into the efficacy of using potash to fight the virus.

Scott Slute is the Editor in Chief at The Toronto Harold