Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

UPDATE: Mobile Home Fire
Because of the extensive damage done, the cause of a mobile home fire on the 1500 block of Rayner Avenue in Sutherland remains undetermined. Damage is pegged at $75 thousand. The Saskatoon Fire Depart...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Road Notes
The new Taylor Street extension, between Rosewood Boulevard North and Meadows Parkway, which connects to Wess Road, officially opens to traffic Tuesday. Traffic lights have been installed at Taylor St...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Be a Writing Ninja to a Senior
You can be a Writing Ninja and help brighten a seniors day with a new virtual letter campaign from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Heather Turcotte with the SHA says The Writing Ninja’s Virtu...
Brad Jennings Dec 07, 2020

A Third of Polled Canadians Plan to Visit During Xmas Despite Pandemic
The Angus Reid Institute says, while most people are planning a more solitary rather than merry Christmas, a significant segment of the population plans to visit people outside their household, either...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Change to Potash Regulations to Support R&D
The provincial government has amended The Potash Production Tax Regulations, which the government says will improve opportunities in the potash sector, particularly for junior producers, around innova...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Free Access to Indigenous Wellness Course for Fourth Year Medical Students
Support from the Canadian Medical Association and the Saskatchewan Medical Association means that USask fourth-year medical students will be able to take an Indigenous wellness online course, at no co...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Police Lay Dozens of Charges
Four people are facing over 50 charges after a vehicle stop early Monday morning. Around 2:20, patrol officers watched a suspicious vehicle in the area of Stanley Place and Idylwyld Drive. One of the ...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

A Boom in Residential Business Construction in October
Statistics Canada says investment in residential business construction rose in Saskatchewan in October by nearly 19 per cent. We were one of only four provinces that went up and we were, by far, the l...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Energy Production Remains Under Pressure
Statistics Canada says, as the impact of COVID-19 persisted, September marked the continuation of a trend downward in energy production in Canada while demand for energy products remained low. Product...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020

Green Party Wants a Shift in Steel Production
The Saskatchewan Green Party is calling on the province to immediately move towards what it calls, a bold Green Recovery. The party wants local mills and their workers to produce the steel needed for ...
Gord Wiebe Dec 07, 2020


















