Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Despite COVID-19 Manufacturing Sales Increased in February
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales in Saskatchewan increased 6.4 per cent January to February. Only Prince Edward Island could beat that at 8.5 per cent. The national average was an increase o...
Gord Wiebe Apr 16, 2020

UPDATE: Basement Bathroom Fire
Investigators have determined that a basement fire in a Pleasant Hill home early Thursday morning was incendiary. The 911 call came in at 3:07 a.m. and the person on the other end was told to evacuate...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 16, 2020

Weekly Garbage Pickup After All
The City of Saskatoon is moving to weekly garbage pickup after all. Yesterday, administration said pickup would remain on a bi-weekly basis for the foreseeable future so that close-contact training co...
Gord Wiebe Apr 16, 2020

Nurses Union Concerned About Talk of Easing Back Into a Return to Normal
For the first time since March 26, Saskatchewan is below 100 active cases of COVID-19. While that news is promising, and shows people in the province are doing what has been asked of them to limit the...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 16, 2020

Toddler’s Death Deemed A Homicide
Prince Albert Police say the death of a 3 year old girl on April 9th was a homicide. An autopsy was completed on Tuesday. No arrests have been made, but the Prince Albert Police Service confirm the gi...
Carol Thomson Apr 15, 2020

Saskatoon Police Turn Traffic Stop for a Gun Into Over 50 Weapons and Firearms Charges
Saskatoon Police say last Thursday they were called out to the 24-hundred block of Arlington Avenue in Eastview where they were alerted to a man who may have a gun. A traffic stop was conducted at 9:3...
Les Lazaruk Apr 15, 2020

Salvation Army Trying to Fill the Covid-19 Hunger Gap
The Salvation Army started handing out bagged meals throughout Saskatoon. Outreach Coordinator Erin Haaland says the meals are being delivered via their Community Response vehicle in various neighbour...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 15, 2020

RCMP: Tissues and Toilet Paper Not Worth an Arrest
A Coquitlam, BC woman is facing criminal charges after she allegedly coughed at a grocery clerk who would not let her buy extra tissues. The caller made the report Monday at 1:45 p.m. from a grocery s...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 15, 2020

Saskatchewan’s State of Emergency Extended
Saskatchewan will remain under a state of emergency for another two weeks. Premier Scott Moe announced the extension Wednesday afternoon during the daily update on COVID-19. A state of emergency means...
CJWW News Apr 15, 2020

Medical Dispatcher Coaches Family Through Unexpected Birth
There was a significant highlight in Saskatoon during Telecommunicators Week when one of Medavie Health Services medical dispatchers helped a woman give birth over the phone. The call came in to Jade ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 15, 2020














