Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Six New Cases Of COVID-19, Twenty Recoveries
There are 6 new cases of COVID-19 being reported in Saskatchewan, and one case previously counted that is an out-of-province non-Saskatchewan case, has been removed. There are 2 new cases each in the ...
Carol Thomson Aug 21, 2020

SEIU-West Questions Ability To Reach Four-Thousand COVID Tests Per Day
The government has stated have COVID-19 testing increased to 4-thousand tests a day by early September but members of SEIU-West aren’t sure how that’s going to happen. Union President, Bar...
Carol Thomson Aug 21, 2020

Retail Sales Up in June
The value of retail sales in Saskatchewan increased 7.9 per cent in June 2020 compared to June 2019, which was the third highest percentage increase compared to the other provinces, and more than doub...
Gord Wiebe Aug 21, 2020

Police Continue Attending at a Serious Incident Call
Investigators with Saskatoon Police Major Crimes and Forensic Identification Services are at the scene of a serious incident in the 200 block of Slimmon Road. Drivers are advised that there are traffi...
Gord Wiebe Aug 21, 2020

NDP Wants Greater Delay in Start of School Year
The SaskParty government has pushed the start of the school year back by one week, but the NDP suggests maybe a couple more weeks would be the prudent, so class sizes can be addressed. Education criti...
Saskatoon Media Group Aug 21, 2020

Alberta Company Fined in Saskatchewan After Worker Injured
A Brooks Alberta company has pleaded guilty to a charge under Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health and Safety regulations. Bonanza Drilling was fined $35,714.28 plus a surcharge of $14,285.72. The...
Gord Wiebe Aug 21, 2020

More Hot Weather Records Fall
For the third day in a row a Saskatchewan community is not only the hot spot in the province as well as the hot spot in the country. Elbow reached 35.5 degrees Thursday capturing both honors and break...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 21, 2020

8th Street Work Coming to an End
The City of Saskatoon’s 8th Street East water main project wraps up Friday. It began June 1st, replacing 705 meters of water mains under the eastbound lanes of 8th Street between Arlington and P...
Gord Wiebe Aug 21, 2020

Structure Fire on 20th Street West
The Saskatoon Fire Department had a structure fire on the 18 hundred block of 20th Street West around 8:30 Thursday night. The department says it’s their understanding that the building is used ...
Gord Wiebe Aug 21, 2020

Road Notes
Central Avenue will have rotating road closures between 103rd and 108th Streets starting at eight o’clock Friday morning. The closure is between 104th and 108th starting today for two days; Betw...
Gord Wiebe Aug 21, 2020
















