Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Saskatoon Mayor suggests long road to travel before drinking in parks is allowed
The amendment to legislation that would give municipalities the power to allow alcohol consumption in outdoor public spaces has to make it through the legislature before being dealt with at a municipa...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 18, 2022

Youth being targeted in extortion scams
The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit says it continues to see several files involving the same type of scam. Various apps and games are used to get young people to share intimate im...
Neil Billinger May 17, 2022

Arrests made and chainsaw seized
The Saskatoon Police Service says the Canine Unit was able to successfully track suspects Sunday night who were reportedly checking vehicles in the 700 block of Avenue K South and that they had a chai...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 17, 2022

Multiple stabbings Monday night
Saskatoon Police were called out to the 1300 block of 8th Street East on Monday night to a report of a robbery and a stabbing. A man was taken to hospital in stable condition while police continued th...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 17, 2022

Saskatchewan needs to build houses
Saskatchewan needs to build approximately 141,500 housing units in the next eight years. That’s according to the Saskatchewan Housing Continuum Network if the province is going to meet projected...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 17, 2022

Stolen vehicle leads to evade police incident and two arrests
The Saskatoon Police Air Support Unit and Canine Unit worked together Monday night to successfully make arrests after a hit and run with a stolen vehicle. When officers arrived at a hit and run of a v...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 17, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship recipients named
The Government of Saskatchewan has awarded the Queen Elizabeth II scholarship to Sandhya Chandran, who is working toward her Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering at the University of Sask...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 17, 2022

Missing Melissa Littlecrow
The Saskatoon Police Service is asking for the public’s help in finding Melissa Lynn Littlecrow. The 24 year old Saskatoon woman was last seen on the afternoon of April 28th in the area of 22nd ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 17, 2022

More than three month wait for psychiatry
Saskatchewan residents seeking an psychiatrist help, are waiting more than three months for appointments. The Minister of Health said that the average wait time to access psychiatry services was about...
Newsroom May 17, 2022

Mentorship program developed to retain physicians – as prominent doctor announces departure
A University of Saskatchewan mentorship program has been developed to combat the challenges of increasing physician burnout and mental health and wellness, and retaining physicians in rural and remote...
Carol Thomson May 17, 2022
















