Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

The Answer to Why a Saskatchewan Lake has More Methylmercury
Calling it a decades old question, researchers at the University of Regina say they know why fish in southern Saskatchewan’s Katepwa Lake contain high levels of methylmercury. They have conducte...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 22, 2020

Contaminated Boat Found by Inspectors
During a routine inspection July 3rd, Ministry of Environment inspectors found a boat contaminated with invasive mussels. It had been purchased outside of the province and was checked on Highway 16 ne...
Gord Wiebe Jul 22, 2020

Food Industry Recovering From COVID-19 – The Numbers
In May in Saskatchewan, food services and drinking places saw an increase in sales of about 29 per cent. Nationally, sales rose about 35 per cent. Statistics Canada says, with businesses across the co...
Gord Wiebe Jul 22, 2020

Inflation Rises Less Than a Point
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.7 per cent in Saskatchewan in June compared to a year ago. That’s the same rate of inflation as nationally. Statistics Canada says the year-over-year increase in ...
Gord Wiebe Jul 22, 2020

Road Notes
A quick note from the roads. Taylor Street will be closed between St. George and Coy avenues starting Wednesday at 8 a.m. to replace the water and sewer connection. The work is expected to take two da...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 22, 2020

Protect Your Pets From the Heat
It’s the same message, but now that we are headed into a heat wave, the Saskatoon SPCA is once again reminding pet owners to leave their animals at home instead of leaving them in a hot vehicle ...
Carol Thomson Jul 22, 2020

Arrests in a String of North Industrial B&Es
The Saskatoon Police Service has made a couple arrests in connection to more than a dozen B&Es. Back on July 9th around 3 a.m., two men were arrested by patrol officers when they were seen leaving...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 21, 2020

Natural Gas Leak in Saskatoon’s Meadowgreen Neighbourhood
The Saskatoon Fire Department says when they arrived on scene Tuesday morning to a natural gas leak call in the 400 block of Avenue Y South, firefighters could hear the sound of gas being released by ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 21, 2020

Local Groups Given Helping Hand to Combat COVID-19
The Saskatoon Community Foundation has announced more than half a million dollars in grants for 18 local charities including Station 20 West, Saskatoon Friendship Inn, Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Se...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 21, 2020

A Dozen People in Hospital With COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan says there are eight new cases of COVID-19 in the province as of Tuesday bringing the provincial total to date to 970. 142 cases are considered active. The new cases are...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 21, 2020
















