Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Who is Buying Cannabis, What are They Buying, and How Much Does it Cost?
People buying weed in Saskatchewan can get it for about half price if they buy it illegally. Statistics Canada says legal marijuana costs, on average, $10.68 per gram from legitimate sources. But its ...
Gord Wiebe Jan 23, 2020

10 Thousand Villages Stores Closing and Includes Saskatoon
Saying Thank You for 74 years, Ten Thousand Villages Canada has announced it is closing its corporate operations which includes the head office, distribution centre in Ontario, as well as 10 remaining...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 23, 2020

Coronavirus Risk is Low
Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer says the coronavirus, that originates in China, has spread to a few other countries by travellers, including the US. Dr. Saqib Shahab says if you trav...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 23, 2020

The Wealthy Avoiding Taxes Contributes to Hardship for Others
More government funding is needed to address child poverty in Saskatchewan. That is the foundation of a 2019 report co-authored by an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Regina. Mi...
Drew Wilson Jan 23, 2020

Two Shootings in Saskatoon
Saskatoon Police are investigating two incidents where shots were fired within two hours. The first happened on the 200 block of Avenue K South. Police were looking for two suspects in that case. Then...
Gord Wiebe Jan 23, 2020

Police Search for Missing Patient
Saskatoon Police are asking the public to watch for a missing patient from Royal University Hospital. Destanie Dawn Desjarlais left the hospital around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. She was last seen wear...
Gord Wiebe Jan 23, 2020

Carlton Cards Closing Doors
Carlton Cards is shutting down operations meaning 76 locations in Canada, including one in Regina’s Southland Mall and two in Saskatoon at Market Mall and Lawson Heights Mall, will soon be close...
Saskatoon Media Group Jan 23, 2020

Trying to ID a Body 47 Years Later
RCMP in Chilliwack, British Columbia, are hoping the forensic sculpture of a man whose body was found 47 years ago, will help to identify him. Through a partnership between the RCMP and New York Acade...
Carol Thomson Jan 23, 2020

Air Passenger Rights Don’t Serve Passengers Well
An air passenger advocate believes the federal government’s new legislation favours the airlines. Dr. Gabor Lukacs says the new regulations now in effect lack clarity and have loopholes that all...
Drew Wilson Jan 23, 2020

Escaped Prisoner Caught After Twenty Days Of Freedom
An escaped prisoner from the Prince Albert Correctional Centre is back in custody. On January 2nd, La Ronge RCMP were informed that 32 year old John Riley Sanderson was being escord from court when he...
Carol Thomson Jan 22, 2020

















