Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

A New Transit Fare System is Coming
A new fare payment system is coming for Saskatoon Transit next year. The department has contracted with Masabi to deliver the fare payment system. Riders will control a single mobility account and rid...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

Two Seiu-West Demonstrations Today
SEIU-West members are outside of health care facilities in Wilkie and Biggar today (wed) to demonstrate their frustration with the pace of bargaining and the Saskatchewan government’s refusal to...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

Canadian Light Source Brought Into the Fight Against Colorectal Cancer
Research done at the Canadian Light Source will help to advance the understanding the growth and spread of colorectal cancer, the third most common cancer in Canada. Scientists from McGill University ...
Carol Thomson Aug 19, 2020

Man Struck by Train in Yorkton
Monday evening shortly after eight o’clock, Yorkton RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a train near Betts Avenue in Yorkton. Emergency Medical Services attended th...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

The Canadian Light Source is Helping to Improve The Picture on Colour TVs
Quantum Dots, Colour TVs, and Saskatoon’s Canadian Light Source. The three come together as the CLS focuses in on Quantum Dots – or nanocrystals – that, for one thing, could make the...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

Modular Construction Project in Saskatoon
An unusual build is underway on the 100 block of Thode Avenue in Willowgrove. Big Block Construction is living up to its name in the construction of a Net Zero/Net Zero Ready, multi-unit residential b...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

Police Search for Missing Woman
Saskatoon Police are looking for 52 year old Heather Krieger who police say is in a vulnerable state. She was last seen around 8:00 p.m. Monday evening on Preston Avenue and 3rd Street East, wearing a...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

UPDATE: Amber Alert Cancelled
The amber alert issued this morning (wed) has been cancelled. Saskatoon Police say 4 year old Journey Kay has been found and she is safe. Police say, at this time it does not appear that criminal acti...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

78th Anniversary of Dieppe
This is the 78th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, Canada’s bloodiest day of the Second Word War. On August 19th, 1942, almost five thousand Canadians landed on the shores in occupied France. They...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020

Road Notes
The intersection of Cumberland Avenue and Bute Street, which is a block south of Ruth Street is closed for a watermain replacement, as of 7 Wednesday morning. The City of Saskatoon estimates the proje...
Gord Wiebe Aug 19, 2020















