Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Everything COVID-19 Went Up in Numbers, Including the Death Toll
Everything went up, as far as COVID-19 numbers are concerned, in Friday’s update from the Ministry of Health. The report includes four deaths, 329 new cases, 208 people recovering from the novel...
Les Lazaruk Nov 27, 2020

New Government Modelling Suggests 10,000 Active Cases of COVID-19 in early December
An updated presentation provided for a Physicians’ Town Hall held on Thursday evening had new projection numbers from public health officials. Which, they say, in the interest of transparency, h...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 27, 2020

Saskatchewan Couple Lauded For Anti-Impaired Driving Efforts
A couple who lost a son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren to an impaired driver almost five years ago continues to fight for more awareness and education on the topic, and travels all over to ge...
Carol Thomson Nov 27, 2020

A First for USask College of Medicine in Pediatric Mental Health Training
USask’s College of Medicine is the first medical school in Canada licensed to offer the Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care Mini-Fellowship developed by the REACH Institute ...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020

SGI Drops Free Ride Program for This Year
SGI says it has made the difficult decision to suspend this year's "Wing in the New Year" program. For more than three decades, SGI has partnered with the cities of Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert an...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020

Province Accused of Closing Mental Health Beds When More are Needed
Naomi Hunter, leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party says Saskatchewan has suffered nearly a death a day due to addictions in 2020. She says they are record-breaking stats. Hunter is demanding the Sas...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020

Mid-Pandemic the Government Takes Another Look at the Books
The provincial government is forecasting a deficit of $2 billion dollars. That’s actually an improvement by $86 million from the first quarter. and a total improvement of $382 million from budge...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020

Number of Deaths Increasing But so is Life Expectancy
Statistics Canada says Canada recorded 284,082 deaths in 2019, the highest annual total since the vital statistics registration system was introduced in 1921. The increase in the number of deaths was ...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020

Road Notes
20th Street West will be closed between avenues H and I to repair a curb box starting at 7:00 a.m [fri]. The project is expected to take two days to complete, weather permitting and barring any unfore...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020

More COVID Cases in Schools
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools has been told by the Saskatchewan Health Authority of a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Holy Cross High School and of two at Bishop James Mahoney High Sch...
Gord Wiebe Nov 27, 2020















