Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Hope lives at YWCA Saskatoon, raising funds for expansion of Crisis Shelter
More women and children will have a safe place to go if they are fleeing domestic violence. The YWCA Saskatoon launched its Hope Lives Here campaign today (Thurs), raising funds for an expansion and r...
Carol Thomson Sep 07, 2023

Picket line is up at Heritage Inn
In the middle of difficult contract negotiations, housekeepers at the Heritage Inn say they have been forced into a strike by their employer. President of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1400...
Keira Miller Sep 07, 2023

Storage room fire at the Bess
There was a fire at Saskatoon’s Bessborough hotel this morning. A report of the smell of smoke was called in at 6:46 a.m. from behind a hotel in the 600 block of Spadina Crescent East but the ca...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 07, 2023

Survey says: homelessness causes most concern
Two civic surveys conducted for the City of Saskatoon by Forum Research Inc. indicate most residents are satisfied with life in their community and the municipal services they receive. A news release ...
Carol Thomson Sep 07, 2023

Update: Vehicle – cyclist accident is fatal
The Saskatoon Police Service says the accident involving a cyclist and a passenger vehicle was fatal. The accident happened around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday evening at the intersection of 19th Street West a...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 07, 2023

Two suspicious fires Wednesday afternoon
On Wednesday shortly after 1 p.m. in the afternoon, Saskatoon fire crews responded to a house on fire in the 100 block of Avenue L South. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the house as they arrived. ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 07, 2023

Saskatoon’s mid-year financials forecast a 2023 balanced budget
A report presented to the Finance Committee on Wednesday indicates the City of Saskatoon is on track to end the year with a balanced budget. The 2023 Mid-Year Finanancial Performance report states tha...
Carol Thomson Sep 06, 2023

FOUND: Saskatoon woman missing since September 2nd
Update: At 2:12 a.m. Saskatoon Police Service issued an advisory indicating Cordelia Paterson-Omilgoetok, the subject of a missing person investigation, has been located safe. –Original Story...
Carol Thomson Sep 06, 2023

Tuition fees keep rising in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has second highest undergraduate tuition in Canada. Statistics Canada generated the numbers which shows Saskatchewan's average undergraduate tuition is $9,232 per year. The provincial NDP...
Neil Billinger Sep 06, 2023

$1.1 million in illicit tobacco seized near Indian Head
Six pallets of illegal, unstamped cigarettes were confiscated last Thursday evening on the TransCanada Highway, just east of Indian Head. A member of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol stopped a semi-tra...
Neil Billinger Sep 06, 2023















