Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Surveying Students on Engagement
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools meets or exceeds the Canadian Norm in areas of Social Engagement, Institutional Engagement and Intellectual Engagement. The information comes from a survey called Ou...
Gord Wiebe Feb 09, 2021

Confusion About Which Hand Sanitizers are Most Effective
One of the items that was most sought out at the beginning of the pandemic was hand sanitizer, when led to companies switching their product lines to help with supply, including some local companies. ...
Carol Thomson Feb 09, 2021

Nature Helps Canadians Combat COVID-19 Blues
A recent Ipsos poll for the Nature Conservancy of Canada suggests 94 per cent of Canadians believe spending time in nature has helped them to relieve the stress and anxiety of the pandemic. NCC Saskat...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 09, 2021

Bitter Cold Persists and Visibility Issues on Highways
We broke cold weather records Sunday in Saskatchewan, six of them actually, but despite how nasty if feels with the wind this morning, it has not been cold enough for Environment Canada to issue a lis...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 09, 2021

Another COVID Detection in a School
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools has been told by the Saskatchewan Health Authority of a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at cole St. Peter School. Risk of exposure for anyone not considered ...
Gord Wiebe Feb 09, 2021

Two Deaths Due to COVID-19, New Cases and Active Cases Down in Saskatchewan
For the second straight day, new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan were below 200 and the positive test rate was below nine per cent for a fourth consecutive day. Monday’s update from the Minist...
Les Lazaruk Feb 08, 2021

Hotel Criteria Specified For Mandatory Three-Night Stays
The Public Health Agency of Canada has now listed the criteria for hotels that want to be part of the quarantining for people who have had non-essential trips abroad. Once it goes into effect, when th...
Carol Thomson Feb 08, 2021

Enjoy Monies from Municipal Revenue Sharing Program; A Drop is Expected in the Future
On Monday Premier Scott Moe announced the second highest amount ever, targeted towards the Municipal Revenue Sharing Program. Moe announced Saskatchewan municipalities will benefit from more than $275...
Brad Jennings Feb 08, 2021

Fatal Fire in Broderick
An investigation is underway after a trailer fire in the village of Broderick claimed the lives of an elderly couple. Broderick is about 5 kilometres East of Outlook, and is serviced by the Outlook Fi...
Brad Jennings Feb 08, 2021

Some Cold Weather Records Broken
Six Saskatchewan centres broke cold temperature records on Sunday. Buffalo Narrows record of -40 was set on February 7th of 1962 and now the temperature to beat is -46.4. Collins Bay’s old recor...
Carol Thomson Feb 08, 2021
















