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

NDP Says No Plan To Address Classroom Overcrowding In Throne Speech
There was no mention of education funding and the plan to address overcrowding and the violence that ensues because of it in Wednesday’s Throne Speech. That point was brought up by NDP Leader, R...
Carol Thomson Oct 24, 2019

Police Called in to Help Evict Tenant
The Tactical Support Unit and Patrol Officers were called into action yesterday (wed) afternoon, after getting a call to assist a sheriff’s officer in the eviction of a tenant. The 25 year old h...
Gord Wiebe Oct 24, 2019

Sensory Path Comes to Kindersley
“How can this not warm your heart?” Those words from Joanne Kosolofski who heads up the Pathway to Wellness Program in Kindersley. After seeing an example of a sensory path herself, and in...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 24, 2019

Some Saskatchewan Drivers Continue to Show Indifference
Saskatchewan Government Insurance says more than 14 hundred tickets were issued in September alone for people speeding in school zones. Still with school zones, police issued 13 tickets to drivers for...
Gord Wiebe Oct 24, 2019

CUPE Says Violence Comes from Students and Parents
Education support workers from across the province are in North Battleford to talk about mental health, violence in the workplace, bargaining trends, and funding for K-12 education. CUPE Delegates wil...
Gord Wiebe Oct 24, 2019

Number of EI Claims in Saskatchewan Deep Dives in August
In August, 15,460 people received regular Employment Insurance benefits in Saskatchewan. That was an increase of only 0.3 per cent from the month before. It was a drop of 3.9 per cent from the same mo...
Gord Wiebe Oct 24, 2019

Throne Speech Outlines Plan for A Hundred Thousand More Jobs
Calling it the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth, the throne speech, delivered by new Lieutenant Governor Russ Merasty Wednesday afternoon, outlined the steps the government plans to take in order to achie...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 23, 2019

Decision on Ward Boundary Changes
The new ward boundaries for Saskatoon in the November 2020 election have been determined by the Municipal Wards Commission. Silverspring and the University Heights Development Area is moving from Ward...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 23, 2019

CUPE Local Ready to Take Job Action
The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 600 has voted 94 per cent in favour of job action, that could include a full withdrawal of services, affecting care and support to some of the provinceR...
Gord Wiebe Oct 23, 2019

Giving Kids with Cancer a Change of View
There are many physical improvements to the oncology area at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital, and one that stands out to staff is the new immuno-compromised family and playroom, which wasn̵...
Carol Thomson Oct 23, 2019















