Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Workplace Injury Rates Drop
The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board says the 2019 workplace injury rates have decreased. The Total injury rate was 4.95 per 100 workers. That’s a nine per cent drop from 2018. The...
Gord Wiebe Mar 11, 2020

Missing Saskatoon Man Found
Saskatoon Police say a 39 year old man who was last seen leaving City Hospital on Friday afternoon has been found. Colin Cain was located on Tuesday and he is safe. The Saskatoon Police Service thanks...
Carol Thomson Mar 11, 2020

COVID-19 Now “Pandemic” and VIDO-InterVac Gets More Funding to Fight the Virus
The World Health Organization says in the past two weeks the number of COVID-19 cases outside of China has increased 13-fold and the number of countries affected has tripled. The Director-General says...
Saskatoon Media Group Mar 11, 2020

The JUNOS Credited With Being One of the Events that Put Saskatoon on the Events Map
The JUNOS held in Saskatoon in 2007 flicked a switch for this city. One of the organizers of this year’s Juno Fest, who is also the executive director of the Broadway Theatre, believes the succe...
Carol Thomson Mar 11, 2020

Federal Government Commits A Billion Dollars to Fight Coronavirus
Canada’s Prime Minister has announced a $1 billion package to address the impact of COVID-19. The Prime Minister says the virus affects supply chains, commodity prices, the oil and gas sector an...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 11, 2020

Police Make Second Arrest in Homicide Case
Regina Police have arrested the man they were looking for in connection with the death of 36 year old David Anderson in that city on March 5th. Offices had been dispatched to the 14 hundred block of 6...
Gord Wiebe Mar 11, 2020

New Hemodialysis Unit Coming to Meadow Lake
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is planning to build a six-station hemodialysis unit in Meadow Lake. Jeremy Harrison is the government MLA for the area. He says the new unit will expand dialysis cap...
Gord Wiebe Mar 11, 2020

Downtown BID Urges Province to Conduct Assessment on Lighthouse in Regards to Safety
Saskatoon’s downtown business district is urging the province and other partners to address safety and security at the Lighthouse by conducting an immediate assessment. This comes after the down...
Devyn Gregoire Mar 11, 2020

Off-Duty Paramedic Saves Life
Medavie Health Services says one of its off-duty paramedics saved a life in Edmonton on February 15th, using an Automated External Defibrillator. Mitchell Ehr was visiting the Royal Alberta Museum wit...
Gord Wiebe Mar 11, 2020

Wanted Man Arrested
A wanted man has turned himself in to La Loche RCMP. Around 5:40 Tuesday afternoon, 37 year old Nestor Herman turned himself in on weapons charges including possession of prohibited firearms and ammun...
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