The provincial government has announced that the requirement to provide proof of vaccination or negative tests in Saskatchewan businesses, workplaces and other public venues will end Monday, February 14 at 12:01 a.m. 

Premier Scott Moe said it's time to take the next step in living with Covid-19 and getting our lives back to normal. 

“It's time for us also to heal the divisions in our communities over vaccinations,” Moe said. “Those divisions are in our families, they're in our communities, but they are across our province and they're across this nation. It's time for us to come together as families, as friends as communities and as a province and as a nation. And it's time for us to reach out and support one another.” 

Moe said that proof of vaccination has been an effective policy, but it's effectiveness has run it's course.

"The benefits no longer outweigh the costs. It's time to heal the divisions over vaccination in our families, in our communities and in our province. It's time for proof of vaccination requirements to end."

Proof of vaccination records and QR codes will still be available to Saskatchewan residents for use where needed. Moe said that vaccines and rapid test kits will continue to be widely accessible.

The remaining public health orders like wearing a mask inside will remain in place until the end of the month.