Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Minimum Wage Hike Will Still Keep Saskatchewan Near the Bottom
Saskatchewan’s minimum wage rises to $11.45 per hour on October 1st. Right now it’s $11.32. The wage is calculated using an indexation formula which the government says helps ensure that a...
Gord Wiebe Jun 05, 2020

RESTORE Now Online
Habitat for Humanity in Saskatoon’s RESTORE is headed online after help from a charitable foundation. The Vern and Clara Welker Fund, began annual disbursements between 5 local charities back in...
Brad Jennings Jun 05, 2020

Saskatchewan Man Arrested in Alberta Drug Bust
A considerable haul of suspected crack cocaine by RCMP in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Last Saturday, officers stopped a vehicle for speeding and determined the driver from Saskatchewan had a suspended...
Gord Wiebe Jun 05, 2020

Not Unexpectedly Unemployment Rises in May
Statistics Canada says in April, the nation’s unemployment rate hit 13 per cent, driven by a large number of temporary layoffs. In May it rose to 13.7 per cent. From February to April, employmen...
Gord Wiebe Jun 05, 2020

Refinery Workers Off the Job for Half a Year Now
We have crossed the six month mark in the lockout of Unifor Local 594 workers at the Co-op Refinery in Regina. It began December 5th when the union gave 48 hours strike notice in a dispute that center...
Saskatoon Media Group Jun 05, 2020

UPDATE: Sudden Death in North Battleford
Battlefords RCMP are investigating a sudden death. Over the noon hour on Thursday, local EMS advised police of a man who was unresponsive and not breathing. Officers went to the residence on the 14 hu...
Gord Wiebe Jun 05, 2020

Rally in Saskatoon Numbering in the Thousand (s)
A rally and march in Saskatoon Thursday evening stretched for almost six blocks through the downtown before reaching the park on the north side of the Bessborough. The Saskatoon Police Service says th...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2020

Unlucky Seven Charges to be Faced by Saskatoon Man
A 34-year-old Saskatoon man faces seven charges after being arrested following an investigation by the Saskatoon Police Service’s Guns and Gangs Unit. From the investigation, a search warrant at...
Les Lazaruk Jun 04, 2020

Fiery CN Train Derailment Caused By Broken Track And Old Rail Component
The Transportation Safety Board concludes that a CN freight train derailment on January 22nd of 2019 was caused by a broken rail on the track. It derailed at Highway 11 just north of where it intersec...
Carol Thomson Jun 04, 2020

Saskatchewan First Nations Benefit From Three-Pronged Partnership to Provide P-P-E
Essential and front-line workers in Saskatchewan First Nations communities are being outfitted with an impressive amount of Personal Protective Equipment (pictured) courtesy a three-pronged partnershi...
Les Lazaruk Jun 04, 2020
















