Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Applications open for post-secondary financial aid
For the 75th year in a row, the provincial government is offering financial aid to students pursuing post-secondary education, and applications are now open. This year’s budget allows for more t...
Keira Miller Jun 09, 2024

Concerns over AI-generated voices arise in Saskatchewan
The provincial government is urging the federal government to restrict the use of AI-generated voices, as they can be used to clone someone's voice to misrepresent them. In a news release, the provinc...
Keira Miller Jun 09, 2024

Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre to add courses on oil and gas
The province announced Wednesday that the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre will develop and offer high school courses in Oil & Gas. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement in Weyburn, saying ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 09, 2024

Canada’s most active community to win $100,000 thanks to ParticipACTION Challenge
There is $100,000 up for grabs this month in the ParticipACTION Community Challenge and both the Cities of Saskatoon and Prince Albert have registered. The idea is to help everyone enjoy the many phys...
Carol Thomson Jun 08, 2024

StatsCan survey shows continual employment growth in Saskatchewan
Good news regarding Saskatchewan’s employment numbers was relayed yesterday by the Minister of Trade and Export Development. Jeremy Harrison shared that according to Statistics Canada’s la...
Keira Miller Jun 08, 2024

Oil and gas companies face potentially damaging amendment to federal Competition Act
The Provincial Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre his written to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to express Saskatchewan’s alarm over the federal Fall Economic Stateme...
Keira Miller Jun 08, 2024

Saskatoon police investigate fatal accident on Millar Avenue
Members of Saskatoon’s Collision Analyst Unit are investigating after a 47-year-old man died in a car crash yesterday. Police were called to the scene at Millar Avenue and 71st Street East aroun...
Keira Miller Jun 08, 2024

Birch Hills Fire and Rescue responds to housefire
Yesterday just after 5am, Birch Hills Fire and Rescue responded to a housefire in town. Crews claim the fire was burning near an electrical panel and had extended into insulation in the ceiling. The f...
Keira Miller Jun 08, 2024

Mio energy drink mix recalled due to caffeine content
Three flavours of Mio energy drink mix are being recalled due to potential for consumption of unsafe levels of caffeine. Tropical Passionfruit, Black Cherry, and Acai flavours are affected, and there ...
Keira Miller Jun 08, 2024

Volunteer group transforms Saskatoon schoolyard through green initiative
A piece of land in Saskatoon’s Mount Royal neighbourhood will become a lot greener today thanks to a national green infrastructure initiative made possible by volunteers. Elisabeth Walker, the S...
Keira Miller Jun 08, 2024















