Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Cellphones Continue to Distract Drivers
SGI says distracted driving was the focus of the June Traffic Safety Spotlight and police handed out 700 tickets; 605 for using a cellphone. 95 were for Driving Without Due Care and Attention. A first...
Gord Wiebe Jul 17, 2020

Protest Walk Through the City
Saskatoon Police are advising drivers of a planned protest walk Friday afternoon through the city. Organizers of “Walking with Our Angels” are demanding action as regards what it calls, th...
Gord Wiebe Jul 17, 2020

New Funding for Women-Owned Businesses
Western Economic Diversification Canada is investing $8.3 million to help women-owned or women-led businesses across Western Canada recover from COVID-19. Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan will get ...
Gord Wiebe Jul 17, 2020

Wholesale Merchants’ Sales Decline
Wholesale merchants’ sales were down about five per cent April to May in Saskatchewan. The only other province is negative territory was Prince Edward Island which was down about 29 per cent. Na...
Gord Wiebe Jul 17, 2020

Suspicious Fire at Boarded Up Property
A boarded up property on the 16 hundred block of Avenue C North was the site of a suspicious fire Thursday night. The Saskatoon Fire Department was called out just before midnight. It took less than 2...
Gord Wiebe Jul 17, 2020

Feds Pumping Billions Into Restarting Economies
The Federal Government is making available more than 19 billion dollars to help provinces and territories safely restart their economies. Over the next six to eight months, the money is to be used to ...
Gord Wiebe Jul 17, 2020

City Updates Spray Pads and Paddling Pools Usage
The White Buffalo Youth Lodge will operate a free drop-in program at the Pleasant Hill spray pad on Avenue U South, starting Monday and running through August 21. The programs will run from 10-30 a.m....
Les Lazaruk Jul 16, 2020

Public Assistance Sought to Help Locate Missing Prince Albert Boy
The public is being asked to be on the lookout for a missing Prince Albert boy. Police say 15-year-old Damian Halkett-McMasters (pictured) was last seen wearing a black hat, black sweater and black pa...
Les Lazaruk Jul 16, 2020

Sharp Increase In Meth Use And Meth-Related Crimes
A Watch Commander with the Saskatoon Police Service describes the rise in meth use over the past couple of years as an explosion. Staff Sergeant Darren Pringle says it has a large impact on the commun...
Carol Thomson Jul 16, 2020

Oil Well Abandonment Program Begins
The province says the first projects for the oil well abandonment program have been approved. There are 22 packages in all with up to 50 service companies taking part and the work is spread out for th...
Carol Thomson Jul 16, 2020















