Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Sask. Party Leader Follows Through on Election Promise
The provincial government has announced an increase in funding to the Veteran’s Service Club Support Program. It goes from $100 thousand to $1.5 million in the 2021-22 fiscal year. This was a pr...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020

Tourism Sector Hit Especially Hard by COVID-19 Fallout
The Canadian economy has taken a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic but the tourism industry has been one of the hardest hit sectors due to travel restrictions. That from Huju Liu, Senior Economist with...
Brad Jennings Nov 10, 2020

Saskatchewan the Only Province to See a Drop in Real GDP in 2019
Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product rose in all provinces except Saskatchewan last year. Nationally, real GDP slowed from 2.4 per cent in 2018 to 1.9 per cent. The growth in GDP was att...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020

Scholarships of Honour Awarded
Eight people are being recognized with this year’s Scholarship of Honour. The one-time award for $5,000 goes toward post-secondary education for returning Canadian Armed Forces Members as well a...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020

E-Book Examines the Provincial Election
The Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan is already out with an e-book that it says provides context and a historical record of the 2020 provincial electi...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020

City Services on Remembrance Day
The City of Saskatoon says that on Remembrance Day, there will be some changes to regular city services. Garbage and recycling collection will continue as scheduled. The landfill will open 7:30 a.m. t...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020
Transit update: Impact on Services Due to Weather or COVID
WEATHER RELATED Teachers and students are shifting to online learning for Tuesday. In-person classes for all students with Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS) and Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 10, 2020

Building Construction Investment Declines in the Province
Statistics Canada says Investment in non-residential building construction fell in Canada in September by 8.5 per cent. The decline was experienced in every province. In Saskatchewan investment was do...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020

Election Results From Around the Province
Although Saskatoon postponed the election in the aftermath of a major winter storm, municipal elections continued elsewhere in the province. Sandra Masters prevented Michael Fougere from having a thir...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 10, 2020

More Positive COVID Tests in Schools
Several people at Martensville High School and one person at Colonsay School have tested positive for COVID-19. Prairie Spirit School Division says the school communities have been informed. The divis...
Gord Wiebe Nov 10, 2020
















