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

Canadian Government And Peepeekisis Cree Nation Celebrate Milestone Claim Settlement
After more than 32 years going through the federal court system, Canada and the Peepeekisis Cree Nation are celebrating the settlement of a legal claim. Last December the Cree Nation voted in favour o...
Carol Thomson Aug 10, 2021

Public Inquest to be Held in Sudden Death Case
A public inquest into the death of Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone will be held August 23 to 27, at the Coronet Hotel in Prince Albert. The first day is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Subsequent start times...
Gord Wiebe Aug 06, 2021

Survey Finds People Would Rather Rent than Buy
Global comparison site, Finder.com says only eight per cent of people in Saskatchewan plan to buy real estate this year. That is the lowest of the provinces. Nearly a quarter of people polled here pla...
Gord Wiebe Aug 06, 2021

Fire on Poplar Crescent
At 6:13 Wednesday morning, the Saskatoon Fire Department got a call from an occupant reporting their house on the 100 block of Poplar Crescent was filling up with smoke and the smoke alarm was soundin...
Gord Wiebe Aug 04, 2021

The Games are Relevant But Not Much of a Draw
Most Canadians and Americans think the Olympic games are still relevant; 61 per cent of Canadians and 62 per cent of Americans. But, not that many are all that interested in watching. According to a L...
Gord Wiebe Aug 04, 2021

Fourth Wave of COVID-19
The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada says the country is at the start of a Delta-driven fourth wave of COVID-19. Theresa Tam says there have been 1,430,483 cases of COVID-19 since the start of th...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 03, 2021

Who Would make the Best Leader
The federal leader most favorably looked upon by Canadians and who Canadians think would be a good or excellent Prime Minister is neither Liberal Justin Trudeau nor Conservative Erin O’Toole; th...
Gord Wiebe Jul 30, 2021

Changes to COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Coming in August
As of August 8, the Saskatchewan Health Authority will discontinue drive thru and appointments booked through their online system and the SASKVAX phone number. They will be shifting to walk-in clinics...
Gord Wiebe Jul 26, 2021

Canadians are Calling for Change in Long-Term Care
New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds four-in-five Canadians say the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered the way they view long-term care in Canada. Forty-seven per cent say they...
Gord Wiebe Jul 26, 2021

Tuesday Cases of Delta Variant Make Up More Than Half of Confirmed V-O-Cs in Saskatchewan
The highly-transmissable Delta variant accounted for more than half of the confirmed Variant of Concern cases in Saskatchewan, according to Tuesday’s COVID-19 update from the Ministry of Health....
Les Lazaruk Jul 20, 2021















