Obituary

Zdunich, Louis M.

Louis M. Zdunich of Kenaston entered into eternal life with his lord on December 14, 2014. Louis passed peacefully at the Davidson Health Centre after a long battle with cancer.

Louis was born in Regina on January 22, 1944 to Anton and Marie Zdunich.

Louis is survived by his wife Dorothy; daughter Debra (Lyle) Froehlich and their children Sam, Liam and Molly; son Kenneth and his children Dalton, Kara-Lee and Weylen; daughter Michelle (Dean) Blenkinsop and their children Riley, Ayslee, Thea and Maia; and son Jason (Crystal) and their children Jessica, Shannyn, Matthew and Justin. He is also survived by his mother Marie Zdunich; and siblings Gerald (Gina), Teresa (Bill Allen), David (Jo), Lorelei (Dwayne Theaker), Gene (Eileen), Mark (Kathy); mother-in-law Aileen Sanderson, brother-in-law Ji (Shirley) Sanderson, and numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and -nephews, cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his father Anton; his sister Laverne Ringdal and her daughter Elly; brother-in-law Dan Lorer and father-in-law Jim Sanderson.

Louis lived his life in Kenaston where he did what he loved, farming and raising his family. He was raised in the St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church where he was an active member and a member of the Knights of Columbus, until his illness made it too hard for him.

His funeral was held at St. Andrew’s RC church in Kenaston on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 2 p.m. Prayers were on Thursday, December 18 at 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in Louis memory to St. Andrew’s Church Improvement or the Davidson Health Centre Trust Fund, with cheques payable to the Town of Davidson.

Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson was in care of arrangements.

Davidson

COVID-19 Update for January 21: 29,781 Vaccines Delivered, 227 New Cases, 816 New Recoveries, 13 New Deaths

There were 2,548 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 29,781.

Saskatchewan now has one of the highest rates of vaccinations administered in Canada, but the pace of vaccinations will slow in the coming days with the supply of vaccines running short and no new vaccine deliveries from the federal government scheduled next week.   As of January 21, 91 per cent of the doses received have been administered in Saskatchewan.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (800), Saskatoon (400), North Central (185), North West (418), Far North East (30), Far North Central (10), Central East (175) and South East (530).  No data reported January 20, 2021 for the Far North West and North East zones.

Administration of the first dose has been completed for long term care homes in more than 40 communities across the province.  This includes Saskatoon, Prince Albert and a range of communities across rural and northern Saskatchewan, with Regina being completed today.

The province received 2,925 doses of Pfizer vaccine late on Tuesday, which are currently being distributed for administration to priority populations in the Battleford area, Lloydminster, Regina and Fort Qu’Appelle.

The National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) now recommends an extended interval between first and second doses up to 42 days where operationally necessary.  This is supported by the World Health Organization and Canada’s Chief Medical Officers of Health. Previously, second doses were to occur between 21 and 28 days, depending on the vaccine brand.  Saskatchewan will be implementing these recommendations of up to 42 days where operationally necessary in order to deliver more first doses to eligible people.

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 227 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 21, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 21,338 cases.

Thirteen Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  One reported death in the 60-69 age group from Saskatoon; three reported deaths in the 70-79 age group in the Far North Central, North Central, and Saskatoon zones; and nine reported deaths in the 80+ age group in the Far North East (1), North Central (1), South East (1) and Saskatoon (6) zones.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North Central (6), Far North East (7), North West (18), North Central (21), North East (11), Saskatoon (62), Central West (4), Central East (12), Regina (50), South West (2), South Central (4) and South East (12) zones and four (4) new cases have pending residence information.

Two cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (1) and Regina (1) zones.  Note that one previously reported case was deemed to be invalid and removed from the Central East zone count.

A total of 18,000 individuals have recovered and 3,099 cases are considered active.

One hundred and ninety-seven people are in hospital.  One hundred and sixty-six people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (6), Far North East (1), North West (13), North Central (18), North East (6), Saskatoon (59), Central West (1), Central East (12), Regina (40), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (8). Thirty-one people are in intensive care: North West (3), North Central (4), Saskatoon (14), Regina (9) and South Central (1).

There were 2,764 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 20, 2021.

To date, 481,856 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of January 19, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 276,440 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 446,372 people tested per million population.

Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.  Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 286 (23.6 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months.  Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

COVID-19 Recoveries to be Updated

The Ministry of Health and Saskatchewan Health Authority continue to ensure that public reporting of COVID-19 cases reflects current, active case counts including those who require hospital care.

Weekly Reporting of Testing Numbers and Cases for Youth

The trends of COVID-19 cases in school-aged children are being monitored.  The weekly report of cases and testing numbers for children aged 0-19, including data by age and positivity rates, has been posted at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19-Safe-Schools-Plan.

Public Health Measures

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

General COVID-19 Information

General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.


Davidson

COVID-19 Update for January 20: 27,233 Vaccines Delivered, 234 New Cases, 694 New Recoveries, Four New Deaths

There were 2,658 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 27,233.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (774), Saskatoon (444), North Central (460), North West (348), Far North East (80), Far North West (11), Far North Central (9), Central East (485) and South East (47). No data reported January 19, 2021 for the North East zone.

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Pfizer has announced that Canada will receive zero doses for the week of January 25 but the shipment received this week will permit for limited vaccinations to continue next week. 

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 234 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 20, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 21,112 cases.

Four Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Regina zone; one reported death was in the 70-79 age group in the North Central zone; and two new deaths in the 80+ age group were reported in the Saskatoon (1) and South East (1) zones.

Note that three deaths (two in the Regina zone and one in the South East zone) have been removed from the Deaths Due to COVID-19 number as it has been determined they were not COVID-19 related.  This will be reflected in the COVID-19 dashboard immediately.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (27), Far North Central (1), Far North East (18), North West (39), North Central (9), North East (17), Saskatoon (66), Central West (6), Central East (15), Regina (23), South West (1), South Central (2) and South East (8) zones and two (2) new cases have pending residence information 

Twenty-five cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (13), North West (8), North Central (2), Saskatoon (1) and Regina (1) zones.

Seven Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province, were added to the counts for the following zones: Central East (1), Far North East (2), Far North West (3) and Saskatoon (1).

A total of 17,184 individuals have recovered and 3,702 cases are considered active.

Due to a technical issue, current hospitalization data is not available and will be updated in tomorrow’s report. 

There were 2,559 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 19, 2021.

To date, 479,092 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of January 18, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 275,596 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 444,549 people tested per million population.

Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.  Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 298 (24.6 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months.  Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

COVID-19 Recoveries to be Updated

The Ministry of Health and Saskatchewan Health Authority continue to ensure that public reporting of COVID-19 cases reflects current, active case counts including those who require hospital care.  Starting today, the reporting database is being updated to reconcile a significant backlog in the number of recoveries and these will be reflected in the daily case statistics.  This adjustment will occur over the next few days.  

Public Health Measures

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

General COVID-19 Information

General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.

Obituary

STAFFORD, JOANNE Grace

Joanne Grace Stafford – April 7th, 1939 – January 6th, 2021

Joanne was born in Chaplin, Sask.  She was raised on the family farm and attended school in Chaplin.  She moved away to Gull Lake where she was a waitress.  Later she moved to Piapot to work in Bowie’s General Store.  It was after a dance one night where she met Dad. They were married November 17th, 1961 and began their life together. 

In those early years Archie worked a variety of jobs working on Gardner Dam, road construction and as a grain buyer seeing them live in Davidson, Frontier, Macoun, Blucher and finally in 1964 back to Davidson where Archie worked on road construction and later for the Town of Davidson.

While in Davidson Mom  worked at what in those days was called babysitting.  Today it would be private day care – anyway she looked after 1 child along with her own 2.   In 1973 they moved to Craik where Archie took a position as custodian with the School Division and where they made their home after that.  Aside from being a homemaker she worked for several years as a janitor cleaning first the Royal Bank, then the Royal Bank and RCMP Detachment and lastly only the RCMP Detachment building. 

While there was never a lot of money in the household there was always enough to eat and always more than enough love and laughter which more than made up for material things that we did not have.  

Mom was not much of a traveller and stuck close to home.  They did take 2 big trips over the years; 1 on a summer vacation with the kids through Yellowstone Park and one later in life along with friends to dance to the Emeralds in Edmonton, Alberta.  Mom loved to dance and was a very good dancer.  She and Dad, along with others started the ‘Over 40’ Club in Craik and served on the executive for many years.  They met and made many friends during the dance times.  Mom also loved to play cards.  Hours too many to count were spent over games of Whist, Canasta, Rummy and various other card games.  

Mom’s first diagnosis with cancer came in about 1995 after which she never was what one could call well again.  Over the next 27 years Mom went through 2 more Cancer diagnosis’ with the last about 5 years ago.  Never once throughout all those years did she ever complain about having cancer 3 times, nor of its affects.  Even near the end when she was in so much visible pain did she complain.  She died peacefully the evening of January 6th.  Despite all this hardship at 81 years old she hardly had a grey hair on her head or a wrinkle on her face.  

Joanne leaves to mourn her passing and celebrate her life her loving husband of 59 years Archie along with her son Rod (Carmela) Stafford and Rod’s step-children; Collen Stark, Kailey Miller, Camara Froese and Keaton Miller and their families,  daughter Debbie (Peter) Cosh, special sister-in-law Ida Stewart and numerous nieces and nephews.   She was predeceased by her parents George and Nancy Pauliuk, brother Robert (Bob) Pauliuk, brother David Pauliuk, daughter-in-law Janice Stafford and special brother-in-law Ashley Stewart, parents-in-law John Stafford and Eva Stafford and other inlaws.  

The family would like to thank Dr. Yadav and the Saskatoon Cancer Clinic, Dr. Lang and the staff of the Davidson Health Care facility.  A private family service was held January 15th with internment in the Craik Cemetery.

Donations in Joanne’s memory can be made to either the Canadian Cancer Society or the Davidson Health Trust Fund .

Arrangements are entrusted to Hanson’s Funeral Home – Davidson.

Davidson

COVID-19 Update for January 19: 24,575 Vaccines Delivered, 309 New Cases, 412 New Recoveries, Six New Deaths

There were 1,957 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 24,575.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (401), Saskatoon (688), North Central (36), North West (132), Far North East (200), Central East (117) and South East (383).

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Another shipment of 2,925 doses of Pfizer vaccine will be arriving in Saskatchewan this week.  This shipment will be divided between the Regina, Fort Qu’Appelle and North Battleford areas and used to continue vaccinating priority populations.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 309 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 19, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 20,871 cases.

Six Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Central West zone.  Five new deaths in the 80+ age group were reported in the Regina (2), Saskatoon (1) and South East (2) zones.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (25), Far North Central (16), Far North East (18), North West (29), North Central (30), North East (10), Saskatoon (69), Central West (3), Central East (19), Regina (43), South West (3) and South East (19) zones, while 25 new cases have pending residence information.

Seven cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (1), North West (1), North Central (4) and Regina (1) zones.

A total of 16,490 individuals have recovered and 4,156 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and seven people are in hospital.  One hundred and seventy-six people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (7), Far North Central (1), North West (11), North Central (24), North East (9), Saskatoon (56), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (45), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (10).  Thirty-one people are in intensive care: North West (3), North Central (4), Saskatoon (15), Regina (8) and South Central (1).

There were 2,929 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 19, 2021.

To date, 476,533 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of January 17, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 274,535 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 441,939 people tested per million population.

Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.  Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 300 (24.7 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months.  Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

COVID-19 Recoveries to be Updated

The Ministry of Health and Saskatchewan Health Authority continue to ensure that public reporting of COVID-19 cases reflects current, active case counts including those who require hospital care.  Currently, the reporting database is being updated to reconcile a significant backlog in the number of recoveries and these will be reflected in the daily case statistics over the coming days.  Reporting procedures will be amended to ensure such reconciliations are not required going forward.  The data reconciliation includes updates to active cases in the following areas:

  • 21 days past their test positive date or date when their symptoms first appeared  – approximately 588 cases
  • 15-20 days past their test positive date or date when their symptoms first appeared  – approximately 567 cases
  • 11-14 days past their test positive date or date when their symptoms first appeared  – approximately 882 cases

Public Health Measures

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

General COVID-19 Information

General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.

-30-


Davidson

COVID-19 Update for January 18: 22,618 Vaccines Delivered, 290 New Cases, 142 New Recoveries, Four New Deaths

There were 2,449 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 22,618.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (527), Saskatoon (778), North Central (65), Far North East (104), Central East (183) and South East (792).

Data for January 17 from the Far North West and Far North Central zones is not yet available and will be reported tomorrow.  On January 16, there were 10 doses administered in the Far North Central zone.

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 290 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 18, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 20,562 cases. 

Four Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the North East zone.  Two new deaths in the 70-79 age group were reported in the Far North West (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones.  One new death in the 80+ age group was reported in the Far North East zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (45), Far North Central (12), Far North East (20), North West (41), North Central (13), North East (33), Saskatoon (55), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (25), South West (2), South Central (5) and South East (7) zones, while 21 new cases have pending residence information.

Six cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (1) and South Central (1) zones.

A total of 16,078 individuals have recovered and 4,265 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and ten people are in hospital.  One hundred and eighty people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (7), Far North Central (1), North West (13), North Central (24), North East (10), Saskatoon (61), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (42), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (11).  Thirty people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (3), Saskatoon (15), Central East (1), Regina (8) and South Central (1).

There were 2,811 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 17, 2021.

To date, 473,604 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of January 16, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 273,543 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 440,474 people tested per million population.

Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.  Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 291 (24.0 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months.  Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

Public Health Measures

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

General COVID-19 Information

General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.

The Davidson Leader, Davidson, Saskatchewan