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

Helping Girls Feel Good About Themselves
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Saskatoon and Area hope young girls from the city will feel better about themselves after taking part in the “Be You” program. Marketing and Events Coordina...
Drew Wilson Sep 16, 2019

One Dead After Police Respond to Five Overdoses in 30 Hours
Saskatoon Police say emergency services responded to 5 overdoses within a 30 hour period on Friday and Saturday, including one that resulted in a death. Police say four of the overdoses were the resul...
Devyn Gregoire Sep 15, 2019

Entrepreneurs Working to Close Gender Gap for Women Trying to Advance in Business Ownership
A group of 12 prominent entrepreneurs and business professionals is hoping to close the gender gap for women trying to advance in the world of business ownership. CEO of Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatc...
Carol Thomson Sep 15, 2019

Five Officers Take a Man Into Custody Following an Incident in Lakewood
Just after 9 Friday night, Saskatoon Police received a call to check on the welfare of a male in the 200 block of Herold Terrace. Once officers arrived, they realized the man was displaying symptoms o...
Devyn Gregoire Sep 14, 2019

Sask Polytech Program to Increase the Number of Under-Represented Students in Trades
Saskatchewan Polytechnic already has a success story from a program that offers free-tuition to students considered to be under-represented in the skilled trades. The federally funded program has alre...
Drew Wilson Sep 14, 2019

Former Bronco Returns to Humboldt for First Time Since Crash
For the first time in 526 days, former Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki will be back today in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the chest down when a semi truck blew a stop sign and ba...
CJWW News Sep 14, 2019

Suicide Prevention Project in Meadow Lake to Focus on a Three-Pronged Approach
The community coordinator for a national suicide prevention project in Meadow Lake says they will focus on prevention, intervention and post-intervention. Anne Duriez feels the timing was good to get ...
Drew Wilson Sep 14, 2019

SIGA Opens Their New Central Office in Saskatoon
After gathering a year ago on a cold and windy day to announce that SIGA will be moving into a brand new central office in Sutherland, many of those same people gathered Friday on what turned out to b...
Devyn Gregoire Sep 13, 2019

Funding Increase For School Maintenance, But More Work To Be Done For Overcrowding
This school year, the provincial government is providing $50.4 million dollars for preventative maintenance which has provided funding for three roofing projects at three schools in the province over ...
Devyn Gregoire Sep 13, 2019

Canadians Back Trans Mountain Expansion
Pollster Angus Reid says 53 per cent of Canadians want the next federal government to proceed with and complete the Trans Mountain pipeline project, with only 24 per cent saying it should be stopped. ...
Gord Wiebe Sep 13, 2019

















