Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

More Recreation Opening Up in Saskatoon
Good news for tennis and pickleball players: The city is opening the courts starting Friday. Crews are preparing for that right now at the city’s 42 tennis court and 16 pickleball courts through...
Gord Wiebe May 28, 2020

Province Announces Caregiver Funding
The province has announced $1.125 million dollars in funding for caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic. The money will provide $100 per month from June to September t...
Gord Wiebe May 28, 2020

Police Look for Truck in Homicide Case
Saskatoon Police are hoping that someone can identify a dark-coloured truck that police believe was involved in a homicide case on April 13th at Avenue T and 21st Street. The truck was parked on Avenu...
Gord Wiebe May 28, 2020

Helium Purification Plant to be Built in Saskatchewan
The largest helium purification plant in Canada is going to be built in Saskatchewan. North American Helium Inc. is building the facility near Battle Creek in southwest Saskatchewan, near the Albert b...
Gord Wiebe May 28, 2020

Arsonist Caused Garage Fire
A fire investigator has determined that arson was the cause of a garage fire on the 100 block of Avenue K South a week ago. Multiple 911 calls came in and firefighters were on the scene in under four ...
Gord Wiebe May 28, 2020

COVID-19 boost Premiers Approval in Canada, in Some Cases Unexpectedly So
According to the latest Angus Reid survey, the two Premiers with the highest levels of approval this quarter are facing significantly different situations when it comes to COVID-19. In New Brunswick, ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 28, 2020

Outbreak Declared in Saskatoon From Two Separate Large Gatherings
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has declared a community transmitted outbreak in Saskatoon. Medical Health Officer, Dr. Johnmark Opondo, says there is one confirmed positive case and one presumptive...
Carol Thomson May 27, 2020

COVID-19 Death Toll Now in the Double Digits
The death toll from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan has reached 10. The government says one death under investigation has been confirmed as being COVID-19 related. Both are from the Far North region of the p...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2020

Bootlegger Arrest
Pelican Narrows RCMP have arrested what they describe as a known bootlegger. At a COVID-19 Security CheckStop, the only entrance into the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation near Pelican Narrows, RCMP were t...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2020

Back To Bus Fares On June 8th
Saskatoon Transit will go back to charging fares as of June 8th, the same day the province begins Phase 3 of re-opening the economy. Riders would go back to entering from the front instead of the back...
Carol Thomson May 27, 2020















