Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

$500 affordability cheques coming soon
The provincial government says the $500 cheques will be mailed during the week of November 14th. It represents a one-time payment to help people make ends meet during a period of high inflation. An es...
Neil Billinger Nov 02, 2022

RCMP cancel Dangerous Person Alert in Melville area
The Dangerous Person Alert was issued on Wednesday morning following a homicide in the city located about 40 kilometres southeast of Yorkton. It was officially cancelled shortly before 2pm with the RC...
Neil Billinger Nov 02, 2022

Government tops up operational funding to schools, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says it’s not enough
The province is adding $15.5 million to operating funding in the province’s school divisions for this school year. More than 189,900 students are registered in provincial Kindergarten to Grade 1...
Carol Thomson Nov 02, 2022

Meadow Lake RCMP continue to investigate weekend incidents
Meadow Lake RCMP say the local high school and nearby college were briefly put in hold and secure mode after a report of shots fired. This was last Friday around 9:45 pm. No suspect or firearm was loc...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 02, 2022

Repairs at Circle Drive and Avenue C could take days
Expect delays at Circle Drive and Avenue C in Saskatoon. City crews have embarked upon what are described as “extensive repairs”. They have to fix the electronic system which operates the ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 02, 2022

Several people reported “Missing”
Anyone with information regarding any of these missing persons is asked to contact their local RCMP detachment or police service, or to maintain anonymity, contact Crime Stoppers. Darian Whitford Pier...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 02, 2022

Convicted doctor loses appeal
A former Yorkton gynecologist convicted of sexually assaulting four patients, has had his appeal dismissed. Seventy-eight-year-old Mohammed Haque was sentenced to 2-and-a-half years in prison over fou...
Newsroom Nov 02, 2022

Snowfall warnings continue and road conditions deteriorating
Snowfall warnings are in place for west-central, northwest and north-central parts of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is on the edge of the weather system and may only see 5 to 8 centimetres of wet snow but f...
Carol Thomson Nov 02, 2022

Warm and dry October
It was a pleasant month to be outside—but there was no relief for dry topsoil moisture conditions over much of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada reports only 5.1 millimetres of precipitation was ...
Neil Billinger Nov 01, 2022

N-D-P critical of mother-child service disruptions at provincial hospitals
The NDP rolled out cases in which expectant mothers have been recently turned away from hospitals in Yorkton, Swift Current and Estevan and forced to drive hours to deliver because of disruptions to o...
Les Lazaruk Nov 01, 2022
















