Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario form drug addiction recovery partnership
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions was taking part in the eighth annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada in Calgary Wednesday and Thursday. A major focus of the confere...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

SGI says insurance fraud costs everyone, not just insurance companies
Last year, SGI's Special Investigation Unit investigated 481 insurance claims, and 263 of those turned out to be fraudulent. Because these scammers were caught in the act, SGI ended up saving $5.9 mil...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

Nationally recognized leader in his field becomes SHA Provincial Department Head of Pediatrics
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has hired a new Provincial Department Head of Pediatrics. Dr. Terry Klassen, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and clinician scientist, started April 1st as jo...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

Estevan area generates nearly $13.8 million through petroleum and natural gas public offering
The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown petroleum and natural gas public offering, held on Tuesday, raised just over $15.4 million in revenue for the province. The Estevan region acquired the mos...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

Surgery wait times not quite back to pre-pandemic levels
The Canadian Institute for Health Information says fewer patients received hip and knee replacements between April and September of last year, within the recommended six months, compared to the same p...
Carol Thomson Apr 04, 2024

Federal Government launches $1.5 billion Canada Rental Protection Fund
In an effort to protect and create affordable housing, the Federal Government launched a new $1.5 billion Canada Rental Protection Fund. The fund, which the government news release calls a key measure...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

SIGA donates $50,000 to Hope’s Home Inclusive Meal Program
Over 360 children will be provided with snacks and lunches each day thanks to a donation from the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. Yesterday, SIGA announced a $50,000 investment in the Inclusive ...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

Wollaston Lake ice road closed for the season
Highway Hotline is reporting that the Wollaston Lake ice road is officially closed for the season. The implementation of ice roads in the province was pushed back this year due to an unseasonably warm...
Keira Miller Apr 04, 2024

Top-up to apartment construction loan program to tackle housing lack of affordable housing
The federal government’s Apartment Construction Loan Program will get a $15 billion top-up in the budget to help with housing availability and affordability. Indigenous Services Minister Patty H...
Carol Thomson Apr 03, 2024

Lloydminster RCMP have identified missing child
The small boy was spotted walking alone near an apartment complex at 2902-50th Avenue in Lloydminster around 7 o’clock on Tuesday evening. A parent or guardian could not be located in the area. ...
Neil Billinger Apr 03, 2024
















