Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Two Water Rescues in Two Days
The Saskatoon Fire Department wants people to stay off the South Saskatchewan River because a release from Gardiner Dam has increased flow rates and river water levels to a point it is unsafe. The war...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 06, 2020

Despite Pandemic, SaskPower Reports Net Income Increase
SaskPower’s annual report says deferred bill payments for customers because of COVID-19 total $47-million as of the end of last month and sales for the Crown Corporation were down by 10 per cent...
Carol Thomson Jul 06, 2020

The Saskatchewan Landlord Association Gets its Wish
The province says, as of August 4th, the suspension of eviction notices will be lifted. The Office of Residential Tenancies will begin accepting eviction applications from landlords for non-payment of...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

Weyerhaeuser Fined After Employee Injured
Weyerhaeuser of Vancouver has been fines $182 thousand after pleading guilty to one count under Occupational Health and Safety regulations in Hudson Bay Provincial Court. The charge stems from an inci...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

Bob Rae Appointed Canada’s U.N. Ambassador
Bob Rae is the new Ambassador to the United Nations. The Prime Minister announced the appointment today (mon). He has most recently served as Canada’s Special Envoy on Humanitarian and Refugee I...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

SOCO Annual Report Shows $3 Million Net Income for the Year
Of the 185 businesses that started operations at Innovation Place at the University of Saskatchewan, 123 are still active in the province. 62 are located in Saskatchewan’s two technology parks a...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

VLT Commissions Have Temporarily Increased
As of today (mon), the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority is temporarily increasing video lottery terminal commissions to bars and restaurants across the province. Minister responsible Gene Mako...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

SREDA Reaches Out to Indigenous Students
SREDA has introduced a “Learning Together Mentorship Policy.” It connects SREDA employees with indigenous post-secondary students who are interested in a career with the employee’s a...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

A Dene Early Learning Program Coming This Fall
This fall, The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is introducing a Dene Early Learning Pilot Project with the Northern Lights School Division at Ducharme School in La Loche. The MNS says La Loche has a...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020

Access to Emergency Departments Affected by Construction
Road restrictions are in place at the Emergency Department of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital and Royal University Hospital Adult Emergency. Construction is taking place at the outdoor play...
Gord Wiebe Jul 06, 2020















