Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

New funding formula taking into consideration increase in students throughout the year
The provincial government understands that the funding formula for schools doesn’t take into account new student arriving throughout the year, which happens more now because of immigration. That...
Carol Thomson Feb 15, 2024

Governance and Priorities Committee opts for renovating TCU Place instead of building from scratch
Saskatoon’s Governance and Priorities Committee has agreed on a layout option for the City’s future convention centre within the Downtown Event and Entertainment District. However, it stil...
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024

A gift from the heart on Valentine’s Day for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation
The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital is feeling the love on Valentine’s Day with a donation from Mosaic’s outgoing CEO and President. Joc O’Rourke recently announced a legacy g...
Carol Thomson Feb 14, 2024

Several Regina schools forced into lockdown after person spotted driving with firearm
Several Regina schools entered Secure-the-Building mode today following the report of someone in a vehicle with a firearm. At noon on Wednesday, police were dispatched to the area of College Avenue an...
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024

Two wanted in Regina homicide investigation
The Regina Police Service is repeating its request for any information regarding a suspect in a homicide investigation. Thirty-one-year-old Daniel “Juma” Drie Atem is charged with first-de...
Carol Thomson Feb 14, 2024

Federal carbon tax rebate gets a new name, Canadian Taxpayers Federation unhappy
The federal government is catching flak from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for rebranding its carbon tax rebate instead of scrapping the tax altogether. CTF President Franco Terrazzano says the re...
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024

Agreement reached between SaskPower and Unifor
SaskPower and Unifor have reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement. The CBA is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2023, and will see increases of 3 per cent for 2023 and 2024, and 2 per cent for 2025....
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024

Swift Current man charged with possession of child pornography
A 56-year-old Swift Current man has been charged with possession of child exploitation offences following a Internet Child Exploitation Unit investigation. Members of the ICE Unit began an online inve...
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024

Saskatoon Police seize various weapons and drugs from home on Saguenay Drive
A 26-year-old Saskatoon man has been arrested and charged following a drug trafficking investigation. At 4:03 p.m. Tuesday, in the 1600 Block of Idylwyld Drive, the Crime Reduction Team arrested the s...
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024

Regina man dies in crash near Mossbank
A 62-year-old Regina man has died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 near Mossbank. Tuesday at 6:36 p.m., Assiniboia RCMP received a report of the crash, which involved a semi and an SUV. ...
Keira Miller Feb 14, 2024


















