Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Supporting Charities Supporting Others During the Pandemic
A second round of grants are being distributed in Saskatoon to help support charities which support with heightened vulnerability during the pandemic. It’s an initiative of the federal governmen...
Carol Thomson Dec 21, 2020

Regina Company Fined After Worker Injured
Josh Senger Construction Inc. pleaded guilty in Carlyle Provincial Court to violating one count under The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. The violation stemmed from an incident that occurr...
Gord Wiebe Dec 21, 2020

Rental Help for People with Low Income
The Saskatchewan Housing Benefit, launched in April by the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan to help people with low incomes have more affordable rent, has expanded to support more low income ren...
Gord Wiebe Dec 21, 2020

Population in Correctional Centres Drops During Pandemic
Statistics Canada says, in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an unprecedented decline in the number of adults in a correctional institution. While balancing public safety conce...
Gord Wiebe Dec 21, 2020

Life Satisfaction Drops Amidst the Pandemic
Statistics Canada says that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on many aspects of life, such as health, social connections, mobility, employment and incomes. A new life satisfaction...
Gord Wiebe Dec 21, 2020

The Great Conjunction
The Great Conjunction has been taking place in slow motion all summer and will culminate on the winter solstice, tonight. That from Tim Yaworski who is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Ca...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 21, 2020

A New Variant of COVID-19 Leads to Suspension of Flights from U.K.
A new COVID-19 variant in the United Kingdom caused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to convene the Incident Response Group to discuss Canada’s response. The group includes, among others, the Minis...
Gord Wiebe Dec 21, 2020

Few Details Released About RCMP Action on First Nation
Around 4:30 Sunday afternoon, RCMP advised that they were on scene at a rural residence on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, about 29 kilometers North West of Prince Albert. The area surrounding the per...
Gord Wiebe Dec 21, 2020

Christmas Thoughts from NDP Leader and the Finance Minister
Both the SaskParty government and the NDP official opposition understand this Christmas is going to look different for many people because of the restrictions around COVID-19. NDP Leader Ryan Meili...
Carol Thomson Dec 21, 2020

Campus Researchers Developing Air Sanitizer that May One Day Capture Viruses
A piece of equipment the size of a shoe box that would be attached to the ducts in your home, could clean the air of pathogens like the COVID-19 virus. A team of researchers at the University of Saska...
Carol Thomson Dec 21, 2020


















