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

Teachers Strike Thursday affecting specific school divisions
The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation says job action will continue until the provincial government comes back to the bargaining table with a mandate to discuss learning and working conditions. This ti...
Carol Thomson Jan 29, 2024

STF to announce further job action
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) president Samantha Becotte will be speaking this afternoon regarding job action. According to a media advisory from the STF, the announcement will come down aro...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 29, 2024

Saskatchewan man dies while skiing near Lake Louise
A Melfort, Saskatchewan man has died while skiing on Temple Mountain at Banff National Park. Friday at 4:35 pm., Lake Louise RCMP received a report of a back country skier that had fallen while climbi...
Keira Miller Jan 27, 2024

Emergency shelter on Idylwyld welcome but Board of Police Commissioners says its not enough
At its meeting yesterday, the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners discussed what can be done to improve the homelessness issue in the city. Commissioner Charlie Clark says he is grateful for the n...
Keira Miller Jan 26, 2024

NDP says information requests taking too long, government says it’s complicated
After promising to months ago, the Sask. Party Minister of Social Services has yet to respond to two freedom of information requests issued by the Official Opposition. Sask. NDP MLA Meara Conway says ...
Keira Miller Jan 25, 2024

Manitoba men charged for illegal hunting in Saskatchewan
Two Manitoba residents are facing almost $14,000 dollars in fines after appearing in Swift Current Provincial Court recently. Maurice Sala of East Selkirk and Curtis Thunder of Buffalo Point both plea...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 25, 2024

Executive Director of Prairie Harm Reduction confused about government announcement
The Executive Director of Prairie Harm Reduction has questions after the Government of Saskatchewan announced this morning (Thurs) that it would not fund any organization that provides pipes for drug ...
Carol Thomson Jan 18, 2024

Tentative contract reached between province and physicians
A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the province and Saskatchewan’s physicians. The Saskatchewan Medical Association says it’s a four-year contract which covers April o...
Carol Thomson Jan 17, 2024

Family Feud Canada winners are from Saskatoon
After winning $30,000 on Family Feud Canada, Stacy Ginter with the McKenney Family, says the hardest part was not being able to share it with anyone until after the third and final episode of the show...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 17, 2024

Switching to a smaller black cart seems fairly popular
Since the application window opened up last Monday, the City of Saskatoon has received more than 35-hundred requests from residents seeking smaller garbage carts. Director of Water and Waste Operation...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 15, 2024















