Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Death Toll Nears One Thousand
There are now 27,557 cases of COVID-19 in Canada. That includes 954 deaths. 462 thousand people have now been tested, with 6% positive. During her daily briefing in Ottawa, Canada’s chief public...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 15, 2020

Supreme Court Judgement Coming in La Loche Shooting Case
Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada will render judgement in a leave to appeal application in the 2016 La Loche shooting incident. Four people died and seven were wounded when a 17 year old ...
Gord Wiebe Apr 15, 2020

Saskatoon Company Producing Sanitizers for Health Authorities and Retailers
The Canada Revenue Agency and Health Canada have given a Saskatoon company the green light to produce three sanitizing products for health authorities and retailers. The products include a sanitizing ...
Gord Wiebe Apr 15, 2020

Many Saskatchewan People Were Already in Financial Danger Before the COVID Crisis
Saskatchewan’s economy was struggling before the global pandemic hit, so debt levels are rising in many households. An MNP Consumer Debt survey conducted at the beginning of March shows almost h...
Carol Thomson Apr 15, 2020

More Money Coming for Some Canadians
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more help is coming for Canadians hit economically by the COVID-19 pandemic. In his daily briefing in Ottawa, Trudeau says the measures include topping up the pay of...
Saskatoon Media Group Apr 15, 2020

Saskatchewan Receives Triple A Credit Rating
Saskatchewan is maintaining its AAA credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service. That means our obligations are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk. ...
Gord Wiebe Apr 15, 2020

CBSA Reducing Service at Some Land Border Crossings
The Canada Border Services Agency is temporarily reducing service hours at certain low-traffic ports-of-entry along the land border with the United States. These are COVID-19 related measures. They go...
Gord Wiebe Apr 15, 2020

Fringe Festival Cancelled
The Fringe Theatre Festival was going to have a whole new look this year with Broadway no longer closing down and most of the outdoor events taking place in the park behind Ecole Victoria School. Howe...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 15, 2020

People from as Far Away as China to Take Jobs While Saskatchewan Workers Sit Idle
The provincial government is under fire for a plan to bring workers in from out-of-province to work on the Golden South Wind Energy project south of Assiniboia instead of hiring out-of-work Saskatchew...
Gord Wiebe Apr 15, 2020

Applications are Open for a New $1 Million Covid-19 Relief Fund
Cameco announced this morning a $1 million COVID Relief Fund for Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan. The uranium mining giant says it want to address the challenges facing less fortunate and vulnerab...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 15, 2020














