Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Riding a Bicycle on a Sidewalk Leads to Drug Bust
Around 11:20 Tuesday night, patrol officers spotted a man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk on the 600 block of Avenue R South. When they tried to tell him, that was against the law, he took off. The A...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Early Morning Arson Call
A 911 call about a house on fire sent Saskatoon Fire Department crews to the 100 block of Avenue O South around 2:30 Wednesday morning. What they found was a fire at the rear of the boarded-up structu...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Another Casualty of COVID-19 is Building Permits
Statistics Canada says the total value of permits issued by municipalities plummeted about 17 per cent in April. It was the largest decline since a similar drop in October 2008 during the financial cr...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Road Notes
Crews will be resurfacing the westbound lanes of Highway 5/College Drive starting at seven o’clock Wednesday morning. It affects the area from Highway 41 to the CN Rail overpass. This is expecte...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Saskatchewan is One of Three Provinces Leading the Country in Re-Openings
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says 38 per cent of the country’s small businesses are now open with over half open here in Saskatchewan. In the latest survey, New Brunswick and ...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Rural Emergency Departments Will Re-Open
The community hospitals that were converted to Alternate Level of Care sites to build capacity for a potential surge in COVID-19 cases were left without emergency departments, but temporary suspension...
Carol Thomson May 26, 2020

COVID-19 Claims Another Life in Saskatchewan
The government says a resident in their 50’s from the Far North region who tested positive for COVID-19 has died bringing the total number of deaths in the province to eight. However, an additio...
CJWW News May 26, 2020

Conditions At Five Ontario Care Homes “Disturbing”
Ontario’s Premier calls the facts from a report on 5 long-term care homes in that province disgusting and disturbing. The Canadian Armed Forces has been helping at care facilities most affected ...
Carol Thomson May 26, 2020

Alberta RCMP Recover 800 Pounds of Stolen Copper
Chalk one up for the good guys. After all of those stolen copper wire stories over the years, The Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit has recovered about 800 pounds of pilfered wire. Three men were ...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020

Stimulus Package for Provincial Parks
The province has announced a $10.3 million investment into renewal projects across the provincial parks system. It's part of a $7.5 billion two-year capital plan to stimulate economic recovery from CO...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020















