Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Staff and Customers Get Out as Man with Gun Enters Business
Just before four o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Saskatoon Police were told that a man with a firearm entered a business on the 400 block of 42nd A Street East and threatened to harm himself. Staff...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Increased Mental Health Challenges During Pandemic
There have been 134,294 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,155 deaths. Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, says 47,806 people have been tested over the past week, with 1...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2020

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan Introduces Health Food Program
Metis Nation-Saskatchewan has introduced a pilot project that helps with the cost of healthy food. It’s for eligible cancer patients who are away for medical appointments. The six-month pilot pr...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Liberal Leader Resigns Ahead of Provincial Election
As the October 26th provincial election closes in, the leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party says, he won’t be running. Naveed Anwar has resigned as leader as of yesterday (wed). He has serve...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

SaskParty Government Accused of Hiding Cost of School Repairs
The Saskatchewan NDP says the provincial government needs to stop hiding the cost of fixing Saskatchewan’s crumbling schools. In October of last year, the official opposition requested the cost ...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2020

Saskatchewan’s Credit Rating is Triple-A
Moody’s says Saskatchewan’s credit rating is Triple-A. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer points out that, “Moody’s has affirmed Saskatchewan’s Triple-A credit rating despit...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Manitoba RCMP Shut Down Alleged Weapons Manufacturing Operation
A weapons haul for Canada Boarder Services and RCMP in Manitoba. Last month, the agency contacted police about a firearm silencer that they had intercepted as it was being smuggled into Canada. That l...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Gas Flaring at USask Campus
SaskEnergy is conducting a controlled flare at the SRC natural gas vehicle station on the north end of the University of Saskatchewan campus. It will continue for most of the day. Natural gas is being...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

Better Than Expected Test Results for a Geothermal Power Plant in Saskatchewan
DEEP Earth Energy Production says Canada’s first geothermal production and injection well test has exceeded expectations. The wells are in the southeast portion of the province, near Torquay. Th...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020

How Do Women Owned Start-Ups Compare to Men Owned
Statistics Canada has been looking at business start-ups and women. It has found that less than one-fifth of start-ups are majority owned by women. As well, majority, women owned start-ups have lower ...
Gord Wiebe Sep 10, 2020















