Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

The Burden of Business Taxes is Relatively Light in Saskatoon
Saskatoon has one of the most competitive business tax incentives in the country, second only to Vancouver. The C.D. Howe Institute measured the overall tax burdens in major Canadian cities for 2019. ...
Gord Wiebe Apr 27, 2020

Unifor Wants Co-op Refinery Nixed from Wage Subsidy Eligibility
Unifor is trying to pressure the Co-op Oil refinery in Regina to come to a settlement by encouraging the federal government to change Bill C-14. The change the union wants would prevent employers usin...
Gord Wiebe Apr 27, 2020

Flooding from North Saskatchewan in Prince Albert
The spring ice break-up along the North Saskatchewan has caused the City of Prince Albert to issue a warning to people in the area. Higher than normal water levels has caused flooding along the riverb...
Gord Wiebe Apr 27, 2020

Manitoba Police Uncover Firearms Cache
A significant firearms haul for Manitoba RCMP and Winnipeg Police. In a joint investigation, the two forces conducted a search April 18th at a property just outside of Melita, Manitoba, in the southwe...
Gord Wiebe Apr 27, 2020

Damage Minimal in Church Fire
A passerby called the Saskatoon Fire Department after spotting smoke coming from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on the 600 block of Taylor Street East around 6:40 this morning (mon). Crews located a...
Gord Wiebe Apr 27, 2020

Positive First Steps to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine in Saskatchewan
A COVID-19 vaccine created at the University of Saskatchewan’s VIDO-Intervac has tested safe in two ferrets. VIDO Intervac Director Dr. Volker Gerdts says they used the prototype vaccine on the ...
Brad Jennings Apr 27, 2020

Rash of Grass Fires with Two More Sunday
Moose Jaw firefighters battled two grass fires in the city on Sunday. Gusty winds were contributing to the spread of the fires, the first of which started around 1p.m. beside the north on-ramp of the ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 27, 2020

Groundwork Underway to Start Building Geothermal Plant in Saskatchewan
More progress has been made on Canada’s first geothermal power plant in southern Saskatchewan. President and CEO of DEEP Earth Energy, Kirsten Marcia, says the company has completed drilling on ...
Brad Jennings Apr 27, 2020

4 New Cases of COVID-19 Bring Total Over 350
There are now 353 cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. An additional 4 cases were reported on Sunday, with 3 more in the North region and the other case in Regina. 61 cases are considered active as reco...
Brad Jennings Apr 26, 2020

Vulnerable Persons Unit Aims to Keep People Safe and Out of Jail Cells
When Saskatoon Police respond to calls where it’s no so much a crime, but an incident with some of the city’s most vulnerable people, the idea is to keep them out of a jail cell and direct...
Carol Thomson Apr 26, 2020














