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

Eleven People in a Vehicle Face Charges Including COVID-19 Related
For the first time, Saskatchewan RCMP officers have arrested and charged people during the COVID-19 Pandemic for failing to follow isolation protocols under the Public Health Act. Early in the morning...
Gord Wiebe Mar 29, 2020

Refinery Workers Vote Overwhelmingly in Support of Mediator Recommendations
Co-op Refinery workers in Regina have voted 98 per cent in favour of a mediator’s recommendation on ending the labour dispute that has gone on since December. Unifor National President Jerry Dia...
Gord Wiebe Mar 23, 2020

More Funding to Fight Coronavirus: VIDO-InterVac Even Closer to a Vaccine
There is currently no vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus. VIDO-InterVac is the first lab in the country to have a vaccine candidate in animal testing. The vaccine was made in February, and researchers e...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 23, 2020

Co-op Refinery Complex Rejects Mediator’s Recommendations
A news release from the Co-op Refinery Complex says it is unable to accept all aspects of the report’s recommendations in their entirety, and modifications are needed, but the report contains a ...
Carol Thomson Mar 23, 2020

Eight More COVID-19 Cases in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has eight new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 52 reported cases in the province. 33 cases are confirmed and 19 are presumptive positive. One of the new cases is a resident in the...
Devyn Gregoire Mar 22, 2020

Provincial Emergency Orders to Take Precedence Over Municipal Orders
The Saskatchewan Government has announced that the emergency orders issued by the province will take precedence over locally issued State of Emergencies if there are any discrepancies. On Friday, the ...
Devyn Gregoire Mar 22, 2020

Late Afternoon Shooting in Saskatoon
Saskatoon Police were in the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive late Saturday afternoon investigating a shooting. In a news release, police say they received a report that someone had been shot just before 5...
Devyn Gregoire Mar 22, 2020

Canada-US Border Expected to Close as Early as Overnight Friday
Justin Trudeau says US-Canadian border closures are expected to begin at the end of the week. Speaking from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Thursday, Trudeau explained the measures will be in place very s...
Brad Jennings Mar 19, 2020

CUPE Local Calls for Release of Prisoners
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling on the provincial and federal governments to release as many prisoners as possible from correctional centres, the Prince Albert Penitentiary, the Regi...
Gord Wiebe Mar 19, 2020

SGEU Wanted More Reassurances from the Province’s Fiscal Update
The Saskatchewan Government Employees Union calls the province’s fiscal update a missed opportunity. The Union is calling for more action from the government. President Bob Bymoen says, “T...
Gord Wiebe Mar 19, 2020















