Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Free counselling for children and youth expands to North Battleford
Free, rapid access counselling services for children and youth has been expanded in the province to now include North Battleford. The Government of Saskatchewan announced during the spring budget ther...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

City of Prince Albert inside workers from CUPE 882 on strike
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has confirmed that 100 inside workers at the City of Prince Albert are on strike. Vice President of CUPE 882, Cara Stelmaschuk, says, “This is the first CU...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

$200,000 damage estimate, house fire on Morris Drive
Fire crews responded to a house fire at 2:40 this morning on Morris Drive in the Massey Place neighbourhood. The Saskatoon Fire Department says first arriving crews reported flames going through the r...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

There are more jobs but also more unemployment
Although it may seem odd at first, an RBC economist says both the number of new jobs and the number of people unemployed can rise at the same time. That is the situation in Statistics Canada’s l...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

Workers from City of Prince Albert’s CUPE Local to go on strike today (Mon)
CUPE Local 882, which represents workers for the City of Prince Albert, says in a news release it rejected the latest offer from the City and countered with their own proposal on Friday, but it was re...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

STC Tribal Chief: Saskatoon needs a facility for homeless people with complex needs
Saskatoon Tribal Council’s Tribal Chief says the fix for the city’s homelessness crisis involves a facility specifically for people with complex needs. Tribal Chief Mark Arcand says the Sa...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

Missing Onion Lake Cree Nation woman found
A 51 year old Onion Lake Cree Nation woman, Melanie Mountain, who was reported missing to RCMP on September 8th has been found and police say she is safe.
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

Thousands of victims still unidentified from 9/11
It has been 22 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, and just days ago New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner positively identified two more victims. The names are being withheld at...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

Bessborough Hotel fire considered suspicious
The investigation of the fire at the Bessborough Hotel on Thursday has concluded that a door was breached to the storage room behind the hotel prior to the Saskatoon Fire Department arriving. The fire...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2023

Regina police respond to semi trailer accident on Victoria Avenue
Sunday at 10:30am, members of the Regina Police Service responded to a single vehicle accident involving a Semi trailer. The accident occurred on Victoria Avenue and Tower Road, and nobody was injured...
Keira Miller Sep 10, 2023


















