Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

SHA Warns of Potential COVID Exposures
Saskatchewan Health Authority says that individuals who tested COVID-19 positive were at businesses in Warman, Saskatoon and Regina when likely infectious: September 25: Warman McDonalds, 130 Stonegat...
Gord Wiebe Oct 01, 2020

Suspected Downtown Saskatoon Arsonist Arrested and Charged After Going Back to the Scene
A 26-year-old man faces one charge of arson after being arrested in connection with an early Monday morning fire at a downtown Saskatoon business. On Wednesday, at about 7:45 a.m., an arson investigat...
Les Lazaruk Sep 30, 2020

Plenty of New COVID-19 Cases in Saskatchewan Wednesday…Balanced by Number of Recoveries
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients went up marginally Wednesday from Tuesday in Saskatchewan…but they are more spread out around the province. Of 139 active cases of the novel coronavi...
Les Lazaruk Sep 30, 2020

Meili Suggests Tax the Rich, Makes Two Promises for Prince Albert
Calling it tax fairness, the Saskatchewan New Democrats pledge to introduce a 1% tax on those with a net worth of over $15 million. Leader Ryan Meili admits this extra $120 million won’t cover a...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 30, 2020

RCMP Look for More Alleged Victims in Historical Sexual Assault Cases in B.C.
A Coquitlam man, already facing six allegations of historical sexual abuse involving teenage boys and one young man at a church, has had seven additional charges laid. 75 year old Raymond Howard Gagla...
Gord Wiebe Sep 30, 2020

Assault with Weapon on 8th Street
Saskatoon Police are searching for two men after an assault around 9:30 last night (tues) at a grocery store on the 15 hundred block of 8th Street East. Police were told a man had been stabbed. A 34 y...
Gord Wiebe Sep 30, 2020

Virtual Meeting to Discuss Deaths in Long-Term Care Homes
CARP, the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, says more than 82 per cent of COVID-19 related deaths are connected to long-term care homes. It’s a topic that will be discussed on Thursday fo...
Carol Thomson Sep 30, 2020

NDP Says it Will be Schooling Scott Moe on Pertinent Issues of Running the Province
The provincial NDP says leader Ryan Meili delivered a reality check to Premier Scott Moe earlier this year that the province was in a recession. The party says that Moe’s response was, “Th...
Gord Wiebe Sep 30, 2020

Indigenous Group Takes First Step Into Agreement on Keystone XL Project
Nekaneet First Nation in Saskatchewan has joined with four First Nations in Alberta in signing a historic Memorandum of Understanding with TC Energy. It will facilitate one of the largest indigenous e...
Gord Wiebe Sep 30, 2020

An Economic Rebound Forecast for 2021 in Saskatchewan
In its quarterly forecast, the Bank of Montreal expects Real GDP Growth in Saskatchewan to shrink by nearly six percent this year. But, BMO sees our growth rebound next year by 5.3 per cent. Employmen...
Gord Wiebe Sep 30, 2020

















