Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

RCMP Search for Suspects Starting Grass Fires with Fireworks
Redcliff, Alberta RCMP are looking for three suspects, who may be in Saskatchewan, after someone lighting fireworks from a moving vehicle set grass fires in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Saturday morning ...
Gord Wiebe Oct 13, 2020

Fall Sweep Underway
This year’s fall sweep begins Tuesday. City crews will start in Holiday Park and Riversdale. Watch for yellow No Parking signs and remove your vehicle by 7 a.m. on the posted sweeping day to avo...
Gord Wiebe Oct 13, 2020

Major Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Vaccine has been Halted
Johnson & Johnson has initiated a study pause of the COVID-19 vaccine trial over a patient exhibiting an ‘unexplained illness’. “We have temporarily paused further dosing in all ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 13, 2020

Retail Sales Punch Higher in July
Statistics Canada says retail sales reached $57.2 billion dollars in July. That was up 4.8% compared with the same month a year prior. It marked the second consecutive increase in year-over-year sales...
Gord Wiebe Oct 13, 2020

Rising COVID Cases Worries Provincial Government
The province is urging increased vigilance in light of the surge in COVID-19 cases. Everyone is urged to keep physically distancing, wear a mask when distancing may not be possible, wash your hands of...
Gord Wiebe Oct 13, 2020

Overcoming Mercury Pollution
Mercury can’t be destroyed, so figuring out effective ways to clean it up in the environment was the subject of a recent research project at the Canadian Light Source on the USask campus. Resear...
Carol Thomson Oct 13, 2020

COVID Closes Father Vachon School
Father Vachon School in Saskatoon is closed and as of today all students have moved to online study. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there has been a positive COVID-19 case in the school involv...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 13, 2020

The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce Election Wish List
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has announced its wish list ahead of the provincial election in less than two weeks. The chamber calls them their seven election policy pillars which are centered ...
Saskatoon Media Group Oct 13, 2020

Almost 50 New Cases of COVID-19; Over 100 for the Long Weekend
Saskatchewan recorded 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The total to date is 2,140 cases. There are 215 active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. The new cases are located in the Far North West(1), ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 12, 2020

More Potential COVID-19 Exposure in Moose Jaw, PA, Regina, Saskatoon and Yorkton
Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious: Moose Jaw October 8 R...
Brad Jennings Oct 12, 2020















