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

A Chance to Learn About Indigenous Business
The President and C-E-O of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce says members will hear from a panel of Indigenous business leaders at Summit 2019. Darla Lindbjerg feels the opening topic at Thurs...
Drew Wilson Nov 06, 2019

Fireworks Explode as Crew Battle Back the Flames
With fireworks exploding around them, Saskatoon firefighters battled a blaze in a fireworks business on the 900 block of Central Avenue. The department started getting multiple 9-1-1 calls shortly aft...
Gord Wiebe Nov 06, 2019

Saskatoon City Committee Endorses Land Deal
The City of Saskatoon’s Finance Committee is recommending council approve a 9-million dollar land purchase. The 551 acre plot in the RM of Corman Park well beyond the proposed Saskatoon Freeway ...
Drew Wilson Nov 05, 2019

New Senate Group Goal Is More Research And Less Party Politics
The Canadian Senators Group was formed not to vote as a block but to vote with more unbiased information at their fingertips. Saskatchewan Senator Pamela Wallin is one of the 11 members. She explains ...
Carol Thomson Nov 05, 2019

NDP says Saskatoon Hospitals have an Overcapacity Crisis
The leader of the provincial opposition says opening five new emergency units wouldn’t solve the overcapacity problem in Saskatoon hospitals. Ryan Meili says internal documents from the Saskatch...
Drew Wilson Nov 05, 2019

Stealing from a Poppy Box
Every year, there has to be at least one. Somebody steals a poppy box. This time, it was at a business on the 39 hundred block of 50th Avenue in Lloydminster. RCMP say, early Monday morning, a man ent...
Gord Wiebe Nov 05, 2019

Excellence in Design
The Premier’s Awards of Excellence in Design have been handed out. They recognize outstanding professional design in the province. Awards were presented in seven categories. All entries were des...
Gord Wiebe Nov 05, 2019

Lead in Drinking Water in Three Sask. Cities, Plus Government Reaction
The City of Saskatoon says the city has one of the safest water supplies in North America. This comes after a national study from a number of news organizations including Global News and universities ...
CJWW News Nov 04, 2019

U of R Part of Lead Investigation Highlights Saskatchewan
8 times the limit of lead in water than is recommended by Health Canada. That from Nathan Meyer, a producer at the University of Regina’s School of Journalism who worked on the investigative rep...
CJWW News Nov 04, 2019

Spotlight on Lead in Drinking Water in Three Saskatchewan Cities
The City of Saskatoon is holding a news conference this afternoon to discuss lead pipes. This after a news report today listed Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw among 11 communities in Canada which were...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 04, 2019















