Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Unifor Members Rally Outside Co-op Refinery
The union will not be broken. That was the message during a noon-hour rally on the picket line in front of the Co-op Refinery near Regina. Local 594 President Kevin Bittman says the company is spendin...
Drew Wilson Jan 07, 2020

Energy Production Fell Again in October
According to Statistics Canada, the energy sector contributed almost one-tenth to Canada’s nominal gross domestic product in the first half of 2019. During that time, the energy sector directly ...
Gord Wiebe Jan 07, 2020

Province Helps Development of Open Textbooks
The provincial government is helping to finance the development of open textbooks and other open education resources for students. The quarter of a million dollars will be provided to professors and i...
Gord Wiebe Jan 07, 2020

CFIB Blasts Canada Revenue Agency Call Centres
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the quality of service and information that small business owners receive from the Canada Revenue Agency call centre has dropped. The organization ...
Gord Wiebe Jan 07, 2020

Indigenous Youth Gather for Leadership Training
Indigenous youth from across Canada are at the RCMP Academy Depot Division in Regina. They are there for a Youth Leadership Workshop. The grades 9 to 12 students are learning how they can help keep th...
Gord Wiebe Jan 07, 2020

Big Haul of Illegal Cigarettes
Yorkton RCMP have hauled in over 227 thousand illegal cigarettes after a four-month investigation. No less than six search warrants were executed in Pelly and Hyas Saskatchewan on January 2nd. Officer...
Gord Wiebe Jan 07, 2020

Nutrien Announces Agreement to Purchase Ag Retailer
Saskatoon-based Nutrien has announced an agreement to purchase `100 per cent of the equity in Agrosema Commercial Agricola Limited. The company is an ag retailer in the southern Brazil crop input mark...
Gord Wiebe Jan 07, 2020

Former Evan Hardy Student Wins Award of Excellence
The 2019 Saskatoon Board of Education Award of Excellence winner says the accolade was a team effort. Harkirat Bhullar says his teachers, counsellors and support staff at Evan Hardy played a large rol...
Drew Wilson Jan 07, 2020

What’s in Store for Gas Prices
The President of Canadians for Affordable Energy isn’t predicting any big hikes in gas prices in the next few months, although Dan McTeague says there could be unforeseen circumstances like a po...
Carol Thomson Jan 07, 2020

Final 2019 Weather Stats: Colder With Variable Precipitation
A polar vortex in February and March, along with a cooler than normal fall, pushed down average temperatures in Saskatchewan last year. The average annual temperature in Saskatoon was 1.3 degrees belo...
Neil Billinger Jan 06, 2020

















