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

Third Straight Day Without COVID-Related Deaths in Saskatchewan
For the third straight day, there were no deaths recorded in Saskatchewan due to a positive COVID-19 test. Monday’s update from the Ministry of Health also had just 147 new cases of the novel co...
Les Lazaruk May 10, 2021

Where’s Frank? Walking For Children
Where’s Frank? Frank Atchison age 94, has already managed 23 days of walking and traversed 140 kilometers from Saskatoon en route to Regina. He kicked off Monday from Craik. Mr. Atchison is on H...
Carol Thomson May 10, 2021

Target Set for Vaccine Eligibility 12+
Describing the plan as aggressive, the Ministry of Health announced today that as long as the vaccines arrive as scheduled, they plan to have all residents, 12 years and older, eligible for vaccinatio...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 07, 2021

Mother’s Day and Long Term Care Visitation
You may remember two weeks ago, the government announced that as of April 29th residents of long term care and personal care homes will be able to receive two family members at a time indoors, provide...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 07, 2021

USask Developed Resource Being Marketed Outside the Institution
A University of Saskatchewan clinical resource developed for pharmacists is growing in popularity. Since last September, a number of Canadian pharmacy schools, professional associations, and private c...
Gord Wiebe May 07, 2021

Police Release Audio of Phone Call in Megan Gallagher Homicide Investigation
Saskatoon Police are asking the public to give a listen to a recorded call to help identify those involved in the call. This is in connection to the disappearance of Megan Gallagher who has not been s...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 05, 2021

STARS in the Midst of a Big Upgrade
A $400 thousand grant from Cargill means STARS Air Ambulance can purchase nine new medically-equipped Airbus H145 helicopters at a cost of $13 million each. The new aircraft will help STARS deliver cr...
Gord Wiebe May 05, 2021

Water Mains to be the Primary Focus of City Construction
As the City of Saskatoon gets into construction work for the year, water main projects are on the top of the list. The city will concentrate on replacing the oldest water mains. Terry Schmidt, General...
Gord Wiebe May 04, 2021

Coach Facing Charges
A junior hockey coach with ties to Saskatchewan is facing a charge of assault and sexual assault dating back to 1988. 66-year-old Bernie Lynch turned himself into police in Alberta on the weekend and ...
Newsroom May 04, 2021

Lowest Number of Active Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Over Three Weeks, But Three Deaths
For the first time since April 10, active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have dropped below 2,400. Although there were 207 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Monday’s update from the Minis...
Les Lazaruk May 03, 2021















