Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Fines Going Up for Not Adhering to Public Health Guidelines
Non compliance with emergency orders in the province could cost you a lot more. It includes things like mandatory masking and not gathering in groups larger than five in your own home or not self isol...
Saskatoon Media Group Dec 10, 2020

Announcement of Improvements to Fond du Lac Airport Comes Three Years After Fatal Crash
Pre-construction work for safety improvements to the Fond Du Lac Airport is underway. The construction, awarded to Saskatchewan-based Whitford Construction, comes in at a cost of $14 million. The safe...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Province Injects More Funding for Safe Classrooms
The Government of Saskatchewan is announcing $37.5 million in approved funding for classrooms for emergent, one-time expenses, associated with keeping staff and students safe in schools. This is in ad...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Health Care Organizations Try to Reach Young People with COVID Messages
More than two dozen Saskatchewan health-care organizations have joined forces in an online ad campaign that targets young adults, asking them to “hang in there” by following public health ...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Vandalism Streak in Regina
Regina Police have problem with mischief in that city. In the last 10 days, they report 29 incidents of smashed glass in transit bus shelter, across the city. So far, the police have no suspects. They...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Saskatoon Police Make Arrest in Attempted Car Jacking
Saskatoon Police say a woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon following an attempted armed robbery. Around one o’clock, patrol officers responded to a robbery in-progress in the 300 block of Con...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Premier Wants Prime Minister to Deal with Under-Funding of Health Care
Canada’s First Ministers are meeting today [thurs] for what Premier Scott Moe calls an incredibly important conversation on the future of the Canada Health Transfer. Moe says It’s past tim...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Oil Producing Provinces Have Endured a Double Hit on Their Economies
Statistics Canada says that experimental indexes of economic activity show that all provinces experienced growth over the summer as COVID-19 restrictions relaxed. However, economic activity in August ...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

Two Injured in Shooting Incident
Saskatoon Police are investigating a shooting incident at a residence on the 14 hundred block of Avenue C North around 6:45 Thursday morning. Officers arrived to find a 38-year-old man and a 26-year-o...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020

CMA Raising Alarm Bells Over the Future of Health Care in Canada
The Canadian Medical Association says our health care system is reaching a breaking point. COVID-19 has stretched resources beyond capacity. The CMA says wait times for priority procedures are on the ...
Gord Wiebe Dec 10, 2020


















