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

Saskatoon Commercial to Residential Tax Ratio Lowest in the Country
When it comes to property taxes, businesses in Saskatoon enjoy the lowest commercial to residential tax ratio in the entire country, at 1.71. That’s well below the national average of 2.84, look...
Gord Wiebe Oct 29, 2019

Prime Minister Calling Saskatoon’s Mayor
Both the Mayor of Saskatoon, the largest community in the province, and the Mayor of Regina, the province’s capital, will be getting a call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this morning. The P...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 29, 2019

Midtown Plaza Evacuates and Shuts Down
Midtown Plaza was evacuated and closed early Monday evening after a fire in an electrical room. The Saskatoon Fire Department was called out just before six o’clock. Crews found a significant am...
Gord Wiebe Oct 29, 2019

City Council Approves New Flag Policy
A policy has been established for flags flown at City Hall and was approved at City Council yesterday (Mon). The former Proclamations Policy was repealed and replaced by the Flag and Proclamations Pol...
Carol Thomson Oct 29, 2019
City of Saskatoon Declares Snow Event
The City of Saskatoon is calling in contract graders to help clear priority streets for the next 72 years. City officials say they are needed following the six centimetres of snow that fell in Saskato...
Drew Wilson Oct 28, 2019
Some Community Members Concerned With Possible Freeway Route
Nine speakers presented their thoughts or concerns to Saskatoon City Council Monday afternoon about the proposed freeway that would circle most of the outside of the city. Among them, Max Abraham with...
Carol Thomson Oct 28, 2019

NDP Calls For Emergency Department Wait Time Review
Saskatchewan’s official opposition is asking for a public review of emergency wait times and told the story during Question Period on Monday of a Regina woman who spent 5 days in a hallway at Pa...
Saskatoon Media Group Oct 28, 2019

Program Goal is More Women in Mining
It’s a three-way match to give Indigenous women and girls a chance to pursue careers related to mining. MentorSTEP is funded by the mining industry and organized by the Saskatoon Tribal Council ...
Carol Thomson Oct 28, 2019

CFIB Says Employers Need More Information on Cannabis
Employers are still facing challenges related to cannabis in the workplace a year after legalization. That’s according to a new study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Nearly...
Devyn Gregoire Oct 28, 2019

Bringing Indigenous Women Into Mining
It’s a three-way match to give Indigenous women and girls a chance to pursue careers related to mining. MentorSTEP is funded by the mining industry and organized by the Saskatoon Tribal Council ...
Carol Thomson Oct 28, 2019















