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

Unifor Escalates Strike Action Following Rejected Arbitration Proposal
The union representing striking workers at Crown corporations in Saskatchewan say “actions will escalate throughout the weekend.” Unifor says in an email the union will distribute leaflets...
CJWW News Oct 20, 2019

Morning Garage Fire Causes $20 Thousand Dollars in Damages
Just before 8:30 Saturday morning, the Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a garage fire in the 300 block of Whitney Avenue South after receiving multiple 9-1-1 calls. The first crews on scene foun...
Devyn Gregoire Oct 19, 2019

Suspicious Death in Battleford Now Being Investigated as a Homicide
A suspicious death in Battleford early Friday morning is now being investigated as a homicide by the RCMP. 27 year-old Ryan Gatzke was found with serious injuries on the 100 block of 26th Street West....
Devyn Gregoire Oct 19, 2019

Man Faces Firearms Charges Following an Incident on Fairlight Drive
Saskatoon Police responded to a parking lot in the 3300 block of Fairlight Drive shortly after 12:30 Saturday morning for a male waving a firearm. Once police arrived, the suspect fled in a vehicle. A...
Devyn Gregoire Oct 19, 2019

Two Shed Fires in Nutana Park are Considered Suspicious
Just before 2 Saturday morning, the Saskatoon Fire Department received a call that a shed was on fire behind 41 Bell Crescent in the city’s Nutana Park neighbourhood. Once crews arrived, they fo...
Devyn Gregoire Oct 19, 2019

Unifor President Contends Government Behind Negotiation Impasse, Suggests Arbitration
There were discussions between the bargaining committees for the striking Unifor Locals and the Crown Corporations over the last 2 days, but they are at an impasse. National Unifor President, Jerry Di...
Carol Thomson Oct 18, 2019

Fatal Accident Near Yorkton
Yorkton RCMP are reporting a fatal highway accident which happened last Saturday, the 12th just after 9 in the evening. Emergency crews responded to the accident on Highway 309, about 6 kilometres eas...
Carol Thomson Oct 18, 2019

MOU signed to Enforce First Nations Laws in Two Communities
The Chief of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation believes a Memorandum of Understanding with the Provincial Government will make the community safer and be good for business. Darcy Bear says the deal whi...
Drew Wilson Oct 18, 2019

City Recovers More Money from Scam
The City of Saskatoon has recovered more of the money lost in a scam that initially cost the city over a million dollars. Nearly $700 thousand that was directed to the fraudster’s bank account i...
Gord Wiebe Oct 18, 2019

Premier Returns from Trade Mission
Our premier has returned from his trade mission to Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. The focus was on expanding and diversifying access to Asian markets for food, fuel and fertilizer . The government ...
Gord Wiebe Oct 18, 2019















