Stanley K. Dean, 85, of Windham Center, passed away in his home on March 6, 2014. He was born on June 22, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Ida and Charles Dean. Stan was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth, daughter Nancy and son Alan. Stanley proudly served in the United States Marine Corps, enlisting […]
Saskatoon s COVID-19 drive-through testing site. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Flash back a year’s time and the thought of a mass testing site for a viral disease sweeping across the globe may have sounded more like a plot for an upcoming movie.
Well, it has become the reality, and Saskatchewan isn’t immune to the spread of COVID-19.
“We didn’t expect COVID and so we ended up having to act very quickly to get a COVID testing centre set up,” said Karen Levesque, director of primary health care in Saskatoon.
“(There have) been lots of new learnings as we went, lots of things in development, but we have been doing quality improvement as we go.”