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

Where is the Crime and What Kind of Crime Occurs in Saskatoon
It has been widely reported that Saskatoon has already seen a record number of homicides in 2019. But there are several other numbers of note over and above the 14 homicides so far this year. Assaults...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 21, 2019

Palliative Care Campaign Gets Major Donation
The Close to Home Campaign for Hospice and End-of-Life Care has raised 19.5 million dollars. The St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation has received 500-thousand dollars from Joe Remai. The Saskatoon ph...
Drew Wilson Oct 21, 2019

Crowns Returning to Normal Operations
All six tentative collective bargaining agreements for the Crown Corporations were reached over the weekend. The Crown Investments Corporation and Unifor have not released the details. That won’...
Gord Wiebe Oct 21, 2019

It’s Election Day
If you haven’t registered to vote yet, you can still do so at your polling station. Today (Mon) is the 43rd federal election and the polls in Saskatchewan are open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Po...
Saskatoon Media Group Oct 21, 2019

First Nations Urged to Vote
While people go to cast their ballots today [mon] for the federal election, the FSIN is hoping to see a high turnout of First Nations people. Chief Bobby Cameron says their voices need to be heard. Ca...
Saskatoon Media Group Oct 21, 2019

SUMA Concerned About New Net Metering Program
SUMA members are saying it may be difficult to invest in solar energy infrastructure after SaskPower announced changes to their net metering program. A drop in credits and the cancellation of rebates ...
Saskatoon Media Group Oct 21, 2019

Residential Construction Investment Rockets Up
Statistics Canada says residential construction investment in Saskatchewan rose nine per cent in August. Only Manitoba and Nova Scotia outperformed that. The national average was a rise of only 1.8 pe...
Gord Wiebe Oct 21, 2019

Nearly Four Pounds of Suspected Cannabis Seized
La Ronge RCMP allege they seized 3.75 pounds of suspected cannabis during a search of a residence on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. It went down around six o’clock Friday evening. Officers also s...
Gord Wiebe Oct 21, 2019

Riversdale House Fire Considered Suspicious
Just before 7:30 Saturday night, the Saskatoon Fire Department received a call about a structure on fire in the 600 block of Avenue H South. Once crews arrived, they found the rear exterior of a house...
Devyn Gregoire Oct 20, 2019

Documentary on Kandahar Saskatchewan to Air on National Television
A family from Kandahar, Afghanistan now owns 8 lots in Kandahar, Saskatchewan. Abdul Jamal and his family moved to Canada in 1990 and the discovery of Kandahar, Saskatchewan sparked a longing for his ...
Carol Thomson Oct 20, 2019















