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

Arbitration begins between STF and Government-Trustee Bargaining Committees
Arbitration proceedings have begun between the Teachers’ Bargaining Committee and the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee, and will continue through the week in Saskatoon. According to a new...
Carol Thomson Dec 16, 2024

Wankisa Indigenous Centre generates Prairie Hepatitis C Roadmap in hopes of getting case numbers down
As of 2023, Saskatchewan has triple the national rate of Hepatitis C cases, at 19 per every 100,000 people. After learning that there was no plan to decrease Hepatitis C rates in the prairie provinces...
Keira Miller Dec 16, 2024

Finance Minister quits Cabinet
On the day she was to present the federal government’s economic forecast, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced she is stepping down from that position and from the Cabinet. Freeland ...
Carol Thomson Dec 16, 2024

Million dollar donation to support Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation has announced a group donation of $1 million from ten generous donors to support the purchase of cutting-edge pediatric gastroenterology equipment...
Carol Thomson Dec 16, 2024

Not much change in gas prices last week
The average price for gas in Saskatoon ticked down a bit in the past week, falling 0.4 cents a litre, averaging at $1.42.86 cents a litre on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 81 ga...
Carol Thomson Dec 16, 2024

89-year-old man missing
On Saturday, Kindersley RCMP were alerted about a missing 89-year-old man. Frank Deitz was last seen on Wednesday in Kerrobert. He may be driving a 1997 Ford F150, license plate 837 NNX. Although it...
Carol Thomson Dec 16, 2024

Sask NDP claim that the Marshals Service has been poaching officers from frontline policing
The Saskatchewan NDP claims that the province’s new Marshals Service has been poaching officers away from frontline policing. Nicole Sarauer explains that the Chief Marshal admitted to ‘po...
Keira Miller Dec 15, 2024

Serious Incident Response Team notified after man’s death in RCMP custody
The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team has been notified following the death of a man in RCMP custody. Friday night at 12:20 a.m., Carlyle RCMP responded to a reported assault at a residence ...
Newsroom Dec 14, 2024

Girl’s family upset after court stays charges in THC-impaired driving death, judge rules trial exceeded 18-month limit
Courts delays have resulted in charges being stayed against a Saskatoon woman charged with impaired driving causing death. Nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice was riding a scooter on her way to school when...
Neil Billinger Dec 13, 2024

STC Tribal Chief calls on City Council to do a better job of addressing homelessness
The results of Saskatoon’s Point in Time Homelessness Count came as a shock to many, including the Tribal Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council. Mark Arcand says he expected Saskatoon to have ab...
Keira Miller Dec 13, 2024














