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

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

Cemetery Gains Heritage Status
The Battleford Industrial School Cemetery is the province’s newest Provincial Heritage Property. Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky says, “Commemorating those who lost their l...
Gord Wiebe Oct 28, 2019

Semi’s are Jackknifed on Highway 11 South
RCMP are advising that, due to icy road conditions, there are many tractor trailer units stuck on Highway #11 at the valley between Hanley and Dundurn. This is affecting north and south bound lanes. A...
Gord Wiebe Oct 28, 2019

Legislators Take Aim at ER Wait Times
When the Sask Party government was elected back in 2007, they had aimed to eliminate emergency wait times by 2013. Just recently, reports had surfaced of a woman who was being treated in a hallway of ...
Saskatoon Media Group Oct 28, 2019

Return of the Bison Just a Few Months Away
The first six bison will arrive at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in January, with a herd of around 50 expected to be re-introduced to the prairie, bringing it back to what it was like 6-thousand years ago....
Carol Thomson Oct 27, 2019

Advancing Metis Education in Saskatchewan
The University of Regina and the Gabriel Dumont Institute have signed a couple partnerships to continue advancing Metis education in the province. The schools have agreed to a new affiliation agreemen...
CJWW News Oct 27, 2019

Paramedic and Two Children Killed in Crash
A Meadow Lake paramedic has died after his ambulance was involved in a crash while responding to a call late Friday afternoon near Beauval. A boy and girl – a toddler – were also killed in...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 27, 2019

NHL, Jets, Flames Contribute $300k Towards Scholarship for U of S and U of R
A big scholarship was announced by the National Hockey League, Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets prior to the 2019 NHL Heritage Classic in Regina. On Friday afternoon, the league and the two franchises...
CJWW News Oct 26, 2019

St. Frances Cree Bilingual School to Benefit from RibFest Proceeds
For those who took in the Saskatoon Rotary RibFest this summer, some of the proceeds from that event are going to St. Frances Cree Bilingual School to help with buying computer equipment. For the past...
Carol Thomson Oct 26, 2019

Small Business Saturday Encourages People to Shop Local
Today is Small Business Saturday. It’s a day when all Canadians are encouraged to shop at a local business. The day is the brainchild of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and Inter...
Gord Wiebe Oct 26, 2019















