Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) Top News Stories

Start date for work on the Broadway Bridge pushed back a month
The rehabilitation work was initially slated to begin in April on the Broadway Bridge, but it will now get underway in May. The City of Saskatoon’s asset preservation engineering manager, Todd G...
Carol Thomson Mar 31, 2025

April Fool’s Day brings a tax increase and more pay for MPs
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Federal Director, Franco Terrazzano, says, “Politicians don’t deserve a raise while millions of Canadians are struggling.” The CTF says MPs give themsel...
Carol Thomson Mar 31, 2025

Gas prices expected to drop
If you need to get fuel for your vehicle you may want to wait a day. According to Gasbuddy.com. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy says, “With the upcoming pause on the fede...
Carol Thomson Mar 31, 2025

Rosthern Fire unique fundraiser
Rosthern Fire and Rescue would like to have a grassland fire truck, to make responding to off-road fires, like grass fires, safer. That’s why they have come up with a unique way to raise the fun...
Carol Thomson Mar 30, 2025

Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon campus hosts Skills Canada Saskatchewan Provincial Competition
The Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus in Saskatoon was a little busier than usual on Friday, as 500 extra students were there to take part in the annual Skills Canada Saskatchewan Provincial Competition...
Keira Miller Mar 29, 2025

Provincial pilot project offers small businesses new tax credit
Small and medium-sized businesses in Saskatchewan will soon benefit from the provincial government’s new pilot project. Thursday, the province announced new legislation that will create a Small ...
Keira Miller Mar 29, 2025

Sask. highways still impacted by aftermath of spring storm
Some of Saskatchewan’s highways are still feeling the aftermath of Thursday and Friday’s spring snowstorm, especially the ones east and south of Saskatoon. Travel is not recommended on Hig...
Keira Miller Mar 29, 2025

Mayors from Canada, U.S., Mexico converge in Washington, D.C. to talk trade
A trilateral summit in Washington D.C. with mayors and local officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada, ended with a joint statement in support of North American trade. The multiparty group ...
Carol Thomson Mar 28, 2025

Four deaths in Saskatchewan hospitals related to the flu
The provincial government’s respiratory illness report states that influenza hospitalizations remained stable in the reporting period from March 9th to 22nd, while ICU admissions decreased compa...
Carol Thomson Mar 28, 2025

Rise Air addresses pilot shortage through Dziret’ái Pilot Training Program
A Saskatchewan-based and Indigenous-owned airline is working to bridge the gap that exists in northern Saskatchewan’s aviation industry. Rise Air CEO Derek Nice says there is a global shortage o...
Keira Miller Mar 28, 2025














