Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News
Town Hall Meeting on the Impact of STC Closure
The recommendation from an impact study on the closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company is to bring the service back. Co-author of the report from the study, Jacob Alhassen is a USask Ph.D. ...
Sep 10, 2020
WE Charity Says Goodbye
The WE Charity says on its website that its Canadian operations are closing and all of its assets will be sold to establish an endowment fund to sustain its existing international humanitarian program...
Sep 09, 2020
Fatal Accident Near Kincaid
A 51 year old man was declared dead at the scene of an accident early Tuesday afternoon, about 10 kilometres south of Kincaid. Ponteix and Gravelbourg RCMP responded to a 2-vehicle accident along with...
Sep 09, 2020
One New Case Of COVID-19, One Person In Hospital
The provincial government reports 1 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 person is in the hospital in Saskatoon in intensive care. There are no new recoveries to report. That brings the total to 1,670 cases of...
Sep 09, 2020
Chief Public Health Officer Urges Canadians Not To Let Guard Down
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer realizes we will be spending most of our time indoors soon with fall and winter on the way, but she doesn’t believe it will be the same experience we h...
Sep 09, 2020
Prime Minister Says It’s Up To Opposition Parties Whether There Will Be A Fall Election
The onus is on the opposition parties after the Throne Speech to decide if they want to support the minority government or force an election during the pandemic. That, from Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Sep 09, 2020
One Mayoral Candidate Supports Property Tax Increases of Only One Per Cent
Saskatoon Mayoral candidate Rob Norris says he will support dropping annual property taxes to one per cent if elected in November. He says there is one thing he has heard above everything else since l...
Sep 09, 2020
Driver Nabbed After Chase In and Out of the City
Just after midnight this morning (wed), Saskatoon Police spotted a vehicle traveling without lights and at a high rate of speed on Warman Road near Circle Drive. The driver went over a median and bega...
Sep 09, 2020
Two More Fire Investigations
Just before 1 Wednesday morning, the Saskatoon Fie Department received multiple reports of smoke coming from building in the 200 block of 33rd Street West. Arriving in less than 3 minutes, fire crews ...
Sep 09, 2020
Interprovincial Agreement Means Steady Funding For Veterinary College
An interprovincial agreement between Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia means more than $134-million in funding for USask’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine over the next 5 years....
Sep 09, 2020