Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Sask. Business Has to Ante Up Recycling Fees Charged, But Not Remitted
A tire retailer has been ordered to pay unremitted fees after being convicted of selling tires without registering in the Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Program. Silk Tire Inc which operated retail outlets i...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 03, 2021

Jobless Rate Drops
The Government of Saskatchewan says job numbers released by Statistics Canada for November show the province’s unemployment rate fell to 5.2 per cent from 7.1 per cent a year ago, also down from...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 03, 2021

NDP Urges For Lowering Age Eligibility Of Booster Shots To Manage Fifth Wave Of COVID-19
The NDP is urging the provincial government to expand COVID-19 booster shots in light of the new Omicron variant and the risk of a fifth wave of the pandemic. Leader Ryan Meili says the variant has al...
Carol Thomson Dec 03, 2021

Health Care Short Staffing Concerns Union and Opposition
Short-staffing in healthcare has been a long-standing issue in Saskatchewan, which the NDP’s Deputy Leader says has only become more pronounced because of the government’s failure to addre...
Carol Thomson Dec 03, 2021

Roads are Slick
Langham Fire Department and the Saskatoon Police Service were both advising caution after dealing with accidents in and out of Saskatoon overnight and this morning. The Highway Hotline is reporting, f...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 03, 2021

Secret Santa Working Towards Bringing Christmas to 800 Families
It’s not the same as past years, because of the pandemic, but the efforts to fundraise and collect toys for families in need continues for the CJWW Denny Carr Secret Santa campaign. Board Chair ...
Carol Thomson Dec 03, 2021

NSBA Disappointed in Saskatoon Budget
Saskatoon’s City Council didn’t think like business owners while deliberating the budget. That, from the Executive Director of the North Saskatoon Business Association, which urged Council...
Carol Thomson Dec 02, 2021

Saskatoon’s Mayor Says Budget One Of The Toughest Council Has Faced
Late Thursday afternoon, The City of Saskatoon released its take on the 2022/23 business plan and budget. The news release says the property tax increase of 3.86 per cent next year and 3.53 per cent i...
Carol Thomson Dec 02, 2021

NDP And CUPE Union Urge For Strategy To Retain Health Care Staff As Workers Burn Out
Short-staffing in healthcare has been a long-standing issue in Saskatchewan, which the NDP’s Deputy Leader says has only become more pronounced because of the government’s failure to addre...
Carol Thomson Dec 02, 2021

Saskatoon Police Seize Drugs, Weapons
A Saskatoon Police Service traffic stop resulted in the seizure of a can of bear spray, an imitation gun, two bladed weapons, almost 15 grams of meth, a cell phone, $235 cash, and paraphernalia consis...
Carol Thomson Dec 02, 2021
















