Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

After stop for speeding past emergency vehicle, drugs seized
A truck was stopped on Highway 16 west of Yorkton late Tuesday morning, which led to drug charges. A news release from the RCMP says Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan observed a truck failing to ...
Carol Thomson Jan 25, 2023

No smoke alarms found in home of fatal fire
The Saskatoon Fire Department says the cause of the fatal fire early Monday morning in the 2100 block of 37th Street West is undetermined, and the Fire Investigator estimates the damage at $350,000. A...
Carol Thomson Jan 25, 2023

Airport taxi fees and ash scattering sites discussed at Saskatoon City Council
A possible change to cab fares at the Saskatoon Airport was discussed at City Council today (Wed). It was recommended that the City Solicitor prepare an amendment to a bylaw to permit the Saskatoon Ai...
Carol Thomson Jan 25, 2023

Over 200 calls diverted to mental health services instead of police response
It was a year ago that the Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service began a Mental Health & Suicide Intervention Call Transfer Protocol, which offers an alternative t...
Carol Thomson Jan 25, 2023

More charges in Grandparent Scam laid
A 25-year-old man already facing charges in connection to the Saskatoon Police Service Grandparent/Family emergency scam is facing additional charges of fraud over $5,000 and recruiting for a criminal...
Carol Thomson Jan 25, 2023

Prime Minister meets with Premiers in February to discuss health care
The Prime Minister says he will meet with the country’s premiers next month in an effort discuss health-care funding. Justin Trudeau says he invited the premiers to a meeting in Ottawa on Februa...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 25, 2023

BOC hikes rate
The Bank of Canada rate is going up again. The BOC has said it is raising its key interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 per cent. The rate hike is again to combat inflation. The central...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 25, 2023

Metis Residential School Survivors file second lawsuit
A new proposed class action lawsuit has begun by Metis Survivors of the Ile-a-la-Cross residential school which was open for more than 100 years. The first Catholic mission was established in that com...
Carol Thomson Jan 25, 2023

More than 400 impaired driving offences in December
Saskatchewan police are reporting that there were 414 impaired driving offences in December. There were dozens of checkstops as part of the strong impaired driving enforcement and SGI says as a result...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 25, 2023

Basement suite fire in Saskatoon’s North Park neighbourhood
On Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. the Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a fire in a basement suite in the 1600 block of Prince of Wales Avenue. Firefighters could see smoke showing from the building in Sas...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 25, 2023
















