Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Emergency Shelters Receive Additional Funding
Emergency shelters in Saskatchewan that serve clients referred through income assistance programs, are receiving a boost in funding to help respond to pressures brought on by COVID-19. The Government ...
Gord Wiebe Nov 20, 2020

SGEU to Government: Practice What You Preach
The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union says the provincial government needs to do more than just consider a work-from-home policy. It says the government has dropped the ball o...
Gord Wiebe Nov 20, 2020

Retail Sales Hold Steady
Retail sales in Saskatchewan were unchanged August to September according to Statistics Canada. Nationally, sales were up 1.1 per cent. That was the fifth consecutive monthly increase since the record...
Gord Wiebe Nov 20, 2020

Hospital Home Lottery Winners
Bev Schmalzbauer of Marengo Saskatchewan now owns a house worth $1.3 million in Saskatoon. She is the grand prize winner in the Hospital Home Lottery. The Elk Ridge cottage early bird prize package we...
Gord Wiebe Nov 20, 2020

UPDATE: One Person Injured in House Fire
There was one injury in a house fire last night. The Saskatoon Fire Department says the smoke alarms had been removed which caused a delay in evacuating the home and would have contributed to the fire...
Gord Wiebe Nov 20, 2020

BHP Enchanted Forest Kicks Off its 22nd Year
Since COVID-19 began, almost everyone has had the experience of an event cancelled that they were looking forward to attending, but this is one event that has social distancing down pat. Hugh Vassos w...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2020

Two Judicial Appointments Made in Saskatchewan
The federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada has announced two judicial appointments in Saskatchewan. Cara Haaf, of Saskatoon, is appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Benc...
Gord Wiebe Nov 20, 2020

COVID-19 Projections And When Vaccines Will Arrive in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer says most of the cases of COVID-19 are now are from community transmission. New modelling from the province shows how COVID-19 numbers could spike unl...
Carol Thomson Nov 19, 2020

Two Arrests and Multiple Charges Arise From Moose Jaw Shooting Incident
Two males have been arrested and face multiple charges following a shooting that occured Wednesday in Moose Jaw. Police arrested Dustyn Halyk without incident, following a shooting earlier that mornin...
Les Lazaruk Nov 19, 2020

A Fifth Person Arrested and Charged by Prince Albert Police in the Death of Dylan Chretien
A fifth person has been arrested and charged on connection with the death of Dylan Chretien and will appear in a Prince Albert court Friday. A 31-year-old woman is charged with accessory to murder aft...
Les Lazaruk Nov 19, 2020
















