Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

A call to Support Vulnerable People Through the Economic Recovery
The Executive Director of the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre says if we don’t think about how to include everyone when rebuilding the economy, we are failing. Laurie O’Connor sa...
Carol Thomson Nov 19, 2020

Over $380 Thousand in Distracted Driving Tickets Issued Last Month
Put down your phone and focus on the road ahead. That’s the message from Saskatchewan Government Insurance. Last month, 658 people were issued tickets for a distracted driving offence. Of those,...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

Winter Weight Season Delayed
Because of the milder weather, Winter Weight season is being postponed on all relevant highways. Highways Minister Joe Hargrave says, "Without sufficient freezing, extra weight can damage pavement and...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

Dozens of Charges in Drug Bust
Four people are facing over 75 charges combined, following a traffic stop early Thursday morning. Just after midnight, a Canine officer spotted a stolen 2007 GMC Yukon at Idylwyld Drive and 37th Stree...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

Some Neighborhoods and Priority Streets May be Getting More Attention Now
The city of Saskatoon says their snow clearing crews are returning to residential streets that continue to present challenges, and streets that were inadvertently missed in residential neighbourhoods....
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

Shellbrook RCMP are Investigating a Homicide.
Tuesday evening, just before 9 o’clock, Shellbrook RCMP received a call to assist local EMS with an unconscious man outside of a residence on the Mistawasis First Nation. The man was pronounced ...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

SRA Takes a Break from Open Houses
If you were hoping to take in some open houses between now and the New Year, you’re out of luck. The Saskatchewan Realtors Association is putting all the ones they organize on pause. That’...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

Name Change for the Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children and Its Programs
The Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children is changing its name to “Haven Family Connections”. The organization runs Saskatoon Crisis Nursery which will now be called “Have...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

Saskatchewan Not Expected to Suffer as Strong an Economic Hit as First Thought
The Conference Board of Canada says it is expecting localized closures and a retrenchment in household spending and business activity will hold back the pace of economic recovery into mid-2021. The Bo...
Gord Wiebe Nov 19, 2020

One Saskatchewan Hospital Becomes a COVID Hospital, Another Will No Longer Allow Visitors
The Broadview Union Hospital has become exclusively a COVID-19 hospital. Non-COVID patient care needs will be dealt with at surrounding hospitals and the Broadview Union Hospital will not be open to t...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2020















