Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Correctional Facilities to Get Upgrades
The provincial government is investing over $6 million to upgrade correctional facilities. The projects are part of the $7.5 billion two-year capital plan to stimulate Saskatchewan’s economic re...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

Child-Safety Advice from Alberta RCMP
In St. Albert, Alberta on Wednesday, a six year-old girl was riding a scooter when she stopped at the end of a driveway and lay down behind parked vehicle. RCMP think she may have been looking for som...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

Apartment Fire Puts Nearly Two Dozen People Out of Their Homes
Multiple 911 calls starting pouring into the Saskatoon Fire Department around five o’clock Thursday afternoon about an apartment fire on the 100 block of Avenue U South. Dispatchers gathered cri...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020

NDP Concerned About Minimum Care Standards for Long-Term Care Homes
This week, Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter mentioned that the health authority’s CEO Tour report works as an accountability mechanism. However the Saskatchewan NDP is asking the governme...
Saskatoon Media Group May 29, 2020

No Stopping a Graduation Ceremony in Cando
A global pandemic couldn’t stop them. Cando Community School had grand plans that began last fall for its graduates, which had to be altered once COVID-19 hit. Principal Martin Link says even wi...
Carol Thomson May 29, 2020

Three Drug-Related Busts in Prince Albert
Tuesday was a drug-busting day for Police in Prince Albert. A 21 year old woman, arrested on outstanding warrants, was also charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and Possession of a D...
Gord Wiebe May 29, 2020
Man Arrested After Multiple Women Attacked, Vehicle Stolen
Saskatoon police say a woman was stabbed and then the van she’d been travelling in was stolen. It happened just after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning in the 500 block of Avenue X South. A half hour lat...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 28, 2020

Park Ambassadors Get Thumbs Up from Police
The Saskatoon Police Service gave a tip of the hat to the city’s Park Ambassadors. They are re-deployed staff from the city’s leisure centres, including some lifeguards, and those sixteen ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 28, 2020

Charge Laid in Alleged Attack on Teen
Saskatoon Police have laid charges in connection to an alleged assault. Shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday, a 15 year old boy reported to police he’d been assaulted while riding his bike in a park ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 28, 2020

Saskatoon to Co-Host Workshops in Support of Tourism Industry
The tourism industry was hit early and hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Tourism Saskatoon is looking towards recovery, with a new initiative announced during Tourism Week. The Tourism Industry Assoc...
Brad Jennings May 28, 2020















