Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Rural Emergency Departments Will Re-Open
The community hospitals that were converted to Alternate Level of Care sites to build capacity for a potential surge in COVID-19 cases were left without emergency departments, but temporary suspension...
Carol Thomson May 26, 2020

COVID-19 Claims Another Life in Saskatchewan
The government says a resident in their 50’s from the Far North region who tested positive for COVID-19 has died bringing the total number of deaths in the province to eight. However, an additio...
CJWW News May 26, 2020

Alberta RCMP Recover 800 Pounds of Stolen Copper
Chalk one up for the good guys. After all of those stolen copper wire stories over the years, The Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit has recovered about 800 pounds of pilfered wire. Three men were ...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020

Stimulus Package for Provincial Parks
The province has announced a $10.3 million investment into renewal projects across the provincial parks system. It's part of a $7.5 billion two-year capital plan to stimulate economic recovery from CO...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020

The Prime Minister Announces More Funding for Specific Youth Jobs
Justin Trudeau says more help is coming for the agriculture and food industries, hit hard by COVID-19. The Prime Minister says funding will be made available for up to 700 youth jobs in the sector, pr...
Saskatoon Media Group May 26, 2020

BHP Donates $65,000 Towards Purchase of Chemical Analyzer
The Humboldt and District Hospital Foundation wants to purchase a Chemistry Analyzer, and BHP decided to help out by putting $65 thousand into the kitty. The lab equipment is used for analyzing blood ...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020

Concerns Grow About Whether the Closure of Rural Emergency Rooms Could be Permanent
If allowed by the Provincial Capital Commission, a group wants to protest a decision to temporarily close a dozen emergency rooms in rural Saskatchewan at the provincial legislature. The decision by t...
Saskatoon Media Group May 26, 2020

The March Numbers for Restaurants are in
The devastating effect on COVID-19 on the restaurant industry, starting in March now has some numbers behind it. Statistics Canada says sales in food services and drinking places fell 36.6 per cent to...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020

Co-op Fuel Tank Farm Reportedly Blocked
Unifor members have reportedly blocked off a Co-Op fuel tank farm between Crystal Lake and Stenen. Brian Morken was hauling grain through the area Tuesday morning, and says there were at least 10 unio...
Gord Wiebe May 26, 2020

How DO You Get a COVID-19 Test?
You have been hearing the provincial government, for the last few weeks, say that anyone will be able to get a COVID-19 test. According to the Saskatchewan government website testing is by referral on...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2020














