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

Federal Government Warns Against International Travel
The federal government is now warning Canadians against all non-essential international travel in the face of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19. Health minister Jean-Yves Duclos had a ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 16, 2021

SEIU-West Members Picketing at Canadian Blood Services
Thursday afternoon, Canadian Blood Services workers will be picketing in front of the Saskatoon office on Emerson Avenue, just south of 8th Street, urging for their employer to bargain in good faith. ...
Carol Thomson Dec 15, 2021

Saskatchewan Still Battling High Child Poverty Rates
Saskatchewan ranks third among provinces and territories when it comes to the highest rates of child poverty in Canada. The 2021 Saskatchewan Child and Poverty Report Card details how the provinceR...
Devyn Gregoire Dec 10, 2021

Damage in Fire at Lighthouse Not as Bad as Thought
The Saskatoon Fire Department says damage after a fire at the Lighthouse Supported Living is not as much as previously thought. Damage is now estimated at $40,000 not the $150,000 originally suggested...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 10, 2021

Fall Sitting of the Legislature Ends
The fall sitting of the legislature has wrapped up and the official opposition says it highlights the cost of Premier Scott Moe’s failures in the wake of the fourth wave of COVID-19. The NDP acc...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 09, 2021

Accused in Death of Toddler Given New Court Date
Bailey Peepeetch is accused in the death of a one year old girl and he was given a new court date, this time for a preliminary hearing. The 21 year old was originally charged with Aggravated Assault w...
Vanese M. Ferguson Dec 08, 2021

SPCA May Have to Shut Down in a Year if the City Doesn’t Offer Emergency Funding
The Saskatoon SPCA may have to close their doors in a year if they don’t receive emergency funding from the City. Executive Director, Graham Dickson spoke to City Council during budget deliberat...
Devyn Gregoire Nov 29, 2021

Another COVID-19-Related Death With Hospital and I-C-U Numbers Up Slightly in Saskatchewan
The numbers of COVID-19-related deaths, hospitalized novel coronavirus patients and infections being treated in an I-C-U all went up marginally, according to Monday’s dashboard update from the G...
Les Lazaruk Nov 29, 2021

Regulations Passed So Financially Strapped Can Access Locked-In Retirement Funds
The provincial government has introduced new measures so those facing financial hardship will be able to withdraw some of their funds from a locked-in retirement account, under certain circumstances. ...
Carol Thomson Nov 24, 2021

New Policing Team To Fight Drugs, Human Trafficking, Illegal Weapons
A new policing team has been established to target gang-related criminal activity coming in to Saskatchewan through trafficking corridors. Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Te...
Carol Thomson Nov 24, 2021















