Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

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

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
















