Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Urgent Care Facility to be Built in Saskatoon to Battle Rising ER Wait Times
A new Urgent Care Centre is going to be built in Saskatoon, with the Government of Saskatchewan committing to a $15 million investment Monday. This will be one half of an initiative that will see anot...
Brad Jennings Sep 21, 2020

Investigators Pin Down Causes of Sunday Fires
Fire investigators have pinned down the causes on a couple of fires on Sunday. The first was just before two o’clock in the afternoon. It was a kitchen fire in an apartment on the 900 block of P...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

Family Docs Remind Patients that They are Open for Business
There are misconceptions that family doctors stopped working during the pandemic, and still aren’t seeing patients. The Saskatchewan College of Family Physicians says, despite the pandemic, pati...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

Funding Announced for Regional Colleges
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced annual funding of $24.2 million to the eight regional colleges in the province for skills training programs. The programs include Adult Basic Education, bo...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

NDP Promises Money for Children’s Mental Health
The NDP says if they form government this fall, they will make investments to ensure children’s mental health is a priority. Leader Ryan Meili says he has heard from parents and teacher who are ...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

Undergrad Tuition Hikes Higher than for Graduate Students
Undergraduate students in Saskatchewan and Alberta are taking the brunt of average tuition fee increases in our universities. In this province, while graduate students slide by with no increase, under...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

Residential Construction Investment was Flat in July
Residential construction investment in Saskatchewan was unchanged in July from the month before. The rest of the provinces were all showing increases according to Statistics Canada. The national avera...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

RCMP Search for Missing Teen
Meadow Lake RCMP are alerting the public that 17 year old Sayer McCallum has been missing since last having been seen on September 16th in Meadow Lake. . He was last seen wearing black pants, black Ad...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

Two Fires on Sunday
A couple of fires Sunday kept the Saskatoon Fire Department rolling. The first was just before two o’clock in the afternoon. It was a kitchen fire in an apartment on the 900 block of Preston Ave...
Gord Wiebe Sep 21, 2020

A Virtual Run for Mental Health Funding
The Canadian Mental Health Association’s Saskatoon branch is looking to raise critical funding for the mental health of women and girls this week, during the inaugural CMHA Run for Women. CMHA E...
Brad Jennings Sep 21, 2020















