Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Federal government caps alcohol tax increases for next two years
The federal government has decided to cap alcohol tax increases at two per cent this year and next year. Prior to this decision, the tax on alcoholic beverages was set to go up by almost five per cent...
Keira Miller Mar 10, 2024

Saskatoon Police investigate sudden death
Saskatoon police are investigating after they received a call of a sudden death in the community. The report was made yesterday at 11:23am in the 100 block of Avenue T South. The Police Service would ...
Keira Miller Mar 10, 2024

City of Saskatoon cautions residents about climbing on snow piles
The City of Saskatoon is warning residents of the dangers that could come with climbing on or tunnelling through snow piles. In a release, the City says while the piles might seem like an inviting pla...
Keira Miller Mar 10, 2024

Nature Conservancy of Canada adds to conservation area near Chaplin Lake
A popular conservation area and resting spot for migrating birds has nearly doubled in size following a move by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Michael Burak is the NCC program director for southwes...
Keira Miller Mar 10, 2024

‘Men Express Their Feelings’ comes to Persephone Theatre
It’s a play set a hockey arena, but it’s more about the fight afterwards between two fathers. 25th Street Theatre’s latest production is called Men Express Their Feelings. Director J...
Carol Thomson Mar 09, 2024

Canadians to set clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time
A Sleep Country survey reveals that one in two Canadians experience disruption to their sleep schedule when the clocks move forward for Daylight Saving Time causing stress, confusion and silly mistake...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 09, 2024

Colorectal Cancer Canada recommends screening to prevent the second deadliest cancer in the country
Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer in Canada; however, its symptoms are often dismissed among the population. Jocelyn Laidlaw, broadcaster and ambassador for Colorectal Cancer Canada, sa...
Keira Miller Mar 09, 2024

Kids Help Phone launches initiatives to benefit Black youth
Kids Help Phone is launching an initiative aimed at helping equity-deserving communities thrive titled RiseUp: Kids Help Phone’s Action Plan for Supporting Black Youth. Several actions to be tak...
Keira Miller Mar 09, 2024

FOUND: Saskatoon teen missing
Thirteen-year-old Tamara Daniels has been found. The Saskatoon Police Service thanks the public for their assistance in finding her.
Keira Miller Mar 09, 2024

STF encourages government to bring school board agreement to bargaining table as a guarantee of funding
The President of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is encouraged that the province appears to be listening when it comes to the need for sustainable funding for class size and complexity, an...
Carol Thomson Mar 08, 2024


















