Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

RCMP Lay Charges in 2019 Death Investigation
Onion Lake RCMP have laid charges in connection to the death last year of 31 year old Shane Opissinow from Onion Lake Cree Nation. In May of 2018, RCMP were notified a body in a slough next to Nine Mi...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 03, 2020

Coming to Grips with Racism
The Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan is trying to eliminate racism through awareness and education. Executive Director Rhonda Rosenberg says there isn’t more racism in Saskatchewan than the...
Carol Thomson Mar 03, 2020

International Film Festival LUNAFEST is in Saskatoon
A few days ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday, the Edwards School of Business is hosting a special screening of LUNAFEST, an international film festival all about women. USask spokespe...
Carol Thomson Mar 03, 2020

Finalists Announced for Tourism Awards of Excellence
Tourism Saskatchewan has named the 33 finalists and the three Tourism Builders for this year’s Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence. Nearly 90 nominations were received in the 13 award cate...
Gord Wiebe Mar 03, 2020

Fire Department Rope Rescue at River Bank
Around five o’clock Monday afternoon, the Saskatoon Fire Department performed a low-angle rope rescue on the river bank. A call came in that there was someone in distress in the Sutherland dog p...
Gord Wiebe Mar 03, 2020

City Mulls Over Extension Cords on Sidewalks
The City’s transportation committee zeroed in on extension cords across sidewalks Monday afternoon. Marcia Provenzano sent a letter to the committee asking that the City establish a bylaw that r...
Devyn Gregoire Mar 03, 2020

15th Anniversary of the Deadly Mayerthorpe Shootings
It is a day that many, sadly, remember well. Today (tues) marks the 15th anniversary of the Mayerthorpe shooting of four RCMP officers. Constables Leonide Johnston, Anthony Gordon, Brock Myrol and Pet...
Saskatoon Media Group Mar 03, 2020

New Power Line Will Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The governments of Manitoba and Canada are funding a new power transmission line which will eventually see Saskatchewan import 215 megawatts of electricity. The money, $19 million from Ottawa’s ...
Saskatoon Media Group Mar 03, 2020

COVID-19 Concerns Initiate First Question Period Of Spring Session
Whether or not there would be a snap spring election, the carbon tax, the economy and concerns about COVID-19 were debated during Question Period on the first day of the spring sitting at the Saskatch...
Carol Thomson Mar 02, 2020

Drugs, Weapons, Stolen Credit Cards and an “Armed and Dangerous” Warning
Drugs and Guns Seized in Saskatoon A 20 year-old man and a 19 year-old woman are facing 30 charges following an investigation by Saskatoon Police in the city’s Pacific Heights neighbourhood. Las...
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