Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Chief Firearms Officer to Become Provincial Responsibility
The province is taking over responsibility of the hiring of a Chief Firearms Officer from the federal government. The CFO is responsible for administering the federal Firearms Act and has jurisdiction...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Israeli Genomics Company Coming to Saskatoon
An Israeli Genomics Company is expanding to Canada and is opening an office in Saskatoon. The province says that NRGene coming here is the result of a trade mission to Israel in 2018. The company prov...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Body Found in Burning Vehicle
A death investigation is underway in Regina after Police came across a parked vehicle in flames around 5:30 this morning, on 13th Avenue and Embury Street. There was a body inside. The male was declar...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Griffiths Stadium Among Post-Secondary Institutions to See Upgrades
The provincial government has announced $17 million in construction projects at post-secondary institution in Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw. Griffiths Stadium at USask will see the field expanded to...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Company Fined for Workplace Injury
Calgary-based, Boulevard Real Estate Equities has plead guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. The charge stems from an incident that h...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Riding a Bicycle on a Sidewalk Leads to Drug Bust
Around 11:20 Tuesday night, patrol officers spotted a man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk on the 600 block of Avenue R South. When they tried to tell him, that was against the law, he took off. The A...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Early Morning Arson Call
A 911 call about a house on fire sent Saskatoon Fire Department crews to the 100 block of Avenue O South around 2:30 Wednesday morning. What they found was a fire at the rear of the boarded-up structu...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Another Casualty of COVID-19 is Building Permits
Statistics Canada says the total value of permits issued by municipalities plummeted about 17 per cent in April. It was the largest decline since a similar drop in October 2008 during the financial cr...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Road Notes
Crews will be resurfacing the westbound lanes of Highway 5/College Drive starting at seven o’clock Wednesday morning. It affects the area from Highway 41 to the CN Rail overpass. This is expecte...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020

Saskatchewan is One of Three Provinces Leading the Country in Re-Openings
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says 38 per cent of the country’s small businesses are now open with over half open here in Saskatchewan. In the latest survey, New Brunswick and ...
Gord Wiebe May 27, 2020















