Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Provincial funding to address domestic abuse and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis
This year, the government of Saskatchewan is investing $27.5 million in programs and services that address the issues of missing persons, violence, and abuse. A total of $8.9 million is going towards ...
Keira Miller Jun 05, 2023

Prairie Butterfly House opens at Forestry Farm Park & Zoo
Butterflies from around the world are flittering through the Prairie Butterfly House at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo. Zoo Manager Jeff Mitchell says it’s the first full season of t...
Carol Thomson Jun 05, 2023

Saskatchewan strengthens economic ties with UAE
Saskatchewan’s Premier, members of cabinet and representatives from the business community are meeting with delegates from the United Arab Emirates along with other partners across Canada to tal...
Carol Thomson Jun 05, 2023

NDP says new education funding a good start, but not enough
In response to the provincial government’s announcement of $40 million in funding for school divisions to address enrolment growth and to hire classroom and other support staff to respond to the...
Carol Thomson Jun 05, 2023

Tornado watch, heat warnings, thunderstorm watches
(as of Monday afternoon) Along with heat warnings in southeast and east central Saskatchewan, Environment Canada has also issued a tornado watch. It’s for the western edge of the province from L...
Carol Thomson Jun 05, 2023

Woman missing since March is located
Last Friday, the Saskatoon Police Service asked for the public’s help to find 36-year-old Shantel Lachance who hadn’t been seen since March 29th. There was concern she may be in a vulnerab...
Carol Thomson Jun 05, 2023

Saskatoon EMO provides ways to combat the heat
A summer temperatures approach, overheating and dehydration are potential risks that are faced when spending any time outdoors. To combat this, the Saskatoon Emergency Managment Organization has colla...
Keira Miller Jun 05, 2023

COVID-19 in wastewater considered low in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford
SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA load in Saskatoon’s wastewater has reduced by 47.1 per cent which is based on averages of 3 individual daily measurements in the latest reporting period compared to the week...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 05, 2023

Nature Conservancy Canada launches project to conserve Prairie grasslands in Saskatchewan
Today marks World Environment Day, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is celebrating by launching a plan to conserve and care for what it says is one of the world’s most endangered and l...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 05, 2023

Another funding installment for St. Francis Cree Bilingual School from Nutana Rotary
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools has received its second of five $20,000 payments from the Saskatoon Nutana Rotary Club. The funding comes after Nutana Rotary entered a Memorandum of Understanding w...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 05, 2023
















