There was a special meeting of the City of Saskatoon’s Governance and Priorities Committee for updates on COVID-19, which included an example of how essential services are practicing social distancing when there was an accident that knocked the power out on many west side neighbourhoods on Wednesday morning.
City Manager Jeff Jorgenson says normally Saskatoon Light & Power would send out multiple crews to get the power back on, but instead only 1 was sent out to keep crew interactions limited.
He explains that if someone were to get sick, and multiple crews were on site, more people would have to be taken out of action, meaning fewer workers to respond to whatever happens next.
Jorgenson says protecting workers is key to keeping essential services running.

At the same meeting, Medical Health Officer Johnmark Opondo explained that there is no way of knowing when the virus will peak in Saskatoon, because they don’t have enough data yet.
His main message to residents is to follow the advice of public health, to help flatten the curve.
Opondo explains that if we flatten the curve we won’t be inundated all at once.
It will be more gradual.
He compares it to snow gradually falling over a number of days as opposed to getting a snow dump over a short period of time.