Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Province’s Doctors Sign off on New Contract
The new five year contract between Saskatchewan physicians and the government is official. More than 90 per cent of physicians who cast ballots voted in favour of the contract. Health Minister Jim Rei...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 12, 2020

Regina and Saskatoon Lead the Way for Number of Active COVID-19 Cases
There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan Wednesday and four times that have recovered. With the 20 recoveries, 150 cases are now considered active. There have been 1,484 cases re...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 12, 2020

CUPE is Dissatisfied with the Province’s Safe School Plan
CUPE Saskatchewan’s Education Workers’ Steering Committee says the province is ignoring expert advice and the concerns of many staff, parents, and students in its Safe School Plan. The Pub...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020

Northeast Swale Watchers Feel Ignored: Mayor is Concerned
The Northeast Swale Watchers group is withdrawing from a major Saskatoon Freeway study, after saying they feel ignored in the process. That according to a letter sent by Chair Louise Jones to city cou...
Brad Jennings Aug 12, 2020

Man Arrested on Drug and Weapon Charges
A 31 year old Saskatoon man is facing drug possession charges along with Evade Police, Dangerous Driving, and Possession of a Dangerous Weapon charges. the incident began shortly after midnight [wed] ...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020

Swift Current Rural RCMP Make Significant Seizure of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl
Last Saturday, at about two in the morning, Swift Current Rural RCMP conducted a traffic stop on an SUV traveling east on Highway 1 near Waldeck. Police say that, during a search of the vehicle office...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020

Southern Provincial Parks Set for Improvements
Taxpayers are putting nearly $8 million into facility and infrastructure improvements in southern Provincial Parks. Across all the provincial parks this year, a total of more than $14.6 million is bei...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020

Sask Polytech Program Receives Gold Seal Certification
The Canadian Construction Association’s Gold Seal Certification program has renewed Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s accreditation for the courses in the Leadership Skills program for another fi...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020

Two Rescued from River
A man and a woman were rescued from the South Saskatchewan River Tuesday afternoon by the Saskatoon Fire Department’s Water Rescue Unit. A 911 call came in around 5:40 about people holding onto ...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020

Significant Drops in Provincial Adults in Custody
While adults held in federal custody fell by 1 per cent, February to April, there were double digit drops in provincial custody over the same period. In Saskatchewan, the average daily counts for adul...
Gord Wiebe Aug 12, 2020















