The provincial NDP says rural healthcare is at risk because of a snap decision by the government to cancel pandemic contracts with family doctors without notice or consultation. The NDP says it has obtained a letter from Family Practice Board Chair Doctor Carla Holinaty and Board President Doctor Stab Oleksinski, writing to their colleagues that they were disappointed that the Saskatchewan Health Authority decided to cancel the pandemic contract. They say, “It was disheartening to learn that SMA was left out of the decision-making process.” In the NDP news release, Dr. Stephanie Nyberg of Melfort is quoted as saying, “It leaves offices like mine facing a significant burden as we work to reopen safely, and frankly makes it harder for family doctors to practice in rural Saskatchewan.”