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

Retail Sales Marginally Higher in July
Retail sales in Saskatchewan rose 0.9 per cent June to July. Statistics Canada says that was actually better than the national average which saw a rise of 0.4 per cent. Only three provinces eked out h...
Gord Wiebe Sep 20, 2019

SaskParty And NDP Comment On GTH
The provincial government is one step closer to getting the Global Transportation Hub off its hands. It was announced on Wednesday that Colliers International will take over management of GTH land. Mi...
CJWW News Sep 19, 2019

Finance Minister say strike plan is in place
Saskatchewan’s Finance Minister says essential services will be maintained if unionized workers at Crown Corporations go on strike. Unifor has strike mandates from workers at seven Crown Corpora...
Drew Wilson Sep 19, 2019

Police lay attempted murder charge in seven month old case
Two men and a woman have been charged with attempted murder after a seven month investigation. Saskatoon Police say a 23-year old woman discovered last February in an Avenue R South back ally was suff...
Drew Wilson Sep 19, 2019

Trudeau apologizes about blackface photos and video before heading to Saskatoon
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in hot water after a 3rd instance was discovered where he was wearing blackface during the 1990s. The video has become public of a young Trudeau in blackface, sticking...
Drew Wilson Sep 19, 2019

NDP Pushes For Expanded Access To Renewable Power
Saskatchewan has the best solar exposure in the country and it needs to be put to good use. That from NDP Leader Ryan Meili in reaction to the news that SaskPower’s net metering program has reac...
Carol Thomson Sep 19, 2019

Police Vehicle Rammed and Rolled in Prince Albert
Prince Albert Police responded to a vehicle theft in progress call just after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the 13-hundred block of 7th Street East and when they tried to pull the vehicle over, it sped off. In ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 19, 2019

Riders Issue Statement On A & W “Beyond Meat” Commercial
The television ads were filmed earlier this summer prior to a Saskatchewan Roughrider game at Mosaic Stadium. Fans were asked about the restaurant chain’s “Beyond Meat” burger. which...
Neil Billinger Sep 19, 2019

Bringing Dementia Care Into Rural Saskatchewan
The group who developed a model for rural dementia care says their approach would be suitable for any interested community. The Rural Dementia Action Research Team facilitated Rural and Remote Memory ...
Drew Wilson Sep 19, 2019

The Tories Lead in Saskatchewan but its a Dead Heat with the Grits Across Canada
Angus Reid says its latest poll shows the Conservative and Liberal parties locked in a statistical tie. The Tories, hold a three-point lead over the incumbents, 36 per cent versus 33 per cent. All oth...
Gord Wiebe Sep 19, 2019

















