Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Charges laid in Yorkton homicide
A local man has been charged with the second degree murder of a Winnipeg man in Yorkton last Tuesday. RCMP say the body of 51-year-old Curtis Gilman Bourassa was found outside a residence on Victoria ...
Neil Billinger Oct 14, 2025

Computer problems delay payments and create schedule issues in Swift Current health region
Some healthcare workers in the Swift Current region are not getting properly paid due to issues with a broken IT system—according to a provincial NDP news release. It quotes SEIU West as saying ...
Neil Billinger Oct 14, 2025

Weapons investigation nets Saskatoon Police Service an arrest
A 31-year-old man was arrested and charged last week following the conclusion of a Saskatoon Police Service weapons investigation. According to an S-P-S news release, members of the Guns and Gangs Uni...
Les Lazaruk Oct 14, 2025

You can now book your flu and COVID vaccinations
Saskatchewan residents aged six months and older can now get their free Influenza and COVID 19 vaccinations at public health clinics in the province. Residents can also receive both the flu and COVID ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 14, 2025

Stabbings and assault with an axe
A 40-year-old man suffered serious injuries and is being treated in hospital after a stabbing over the weekend. Saskatoon Police Service responded around 6:50 a.m. to the 800 block of Bedford Road on ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 14, 2025

Regina Police designate a safe swap spot
The Regina Police Service is now offering a space for the public to carry out face-to-face transactions related to online marketplace purchases. The new “Safe Transaction Zone” is located ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 14, 2025

Fuel prices continue to fall
Average retail gasoline prices in Saskatoon have fallen 3.3 c/L in the past week, averaging 128.08 c/L yesterday, according to GasBuddy.com. Gasbuddy conducts a daily survey of 81 gas outlets in Saska...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 14, 2025

International enrolment numbers nosedive resulting in bookstore closures at Sask Polytech
Plummeting international enrolment numbers at Saskatchewan Polytechnic have forced the institution to close its bookstores at both the Moose Jaw and Prince Albert campuses. Sask Polytechnic President ...
Keira Miller Oct 14, 2025

Drop in immigration rates impacts enrolment at local schools
For the first time in about five years, both Saskatoon's public and catholic school divisions are reporting lower than expected enrolment levels. Superintendent in the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schoo...
Keira Miller Oct 14, 2025

Saskatoon Friendship Inn contemplates expanding programming to help even more people experiencing food insecurity
The Saskatoon Friendship Inn is exploring the addition of a supper program to their list of services following the success of a recent pilot project. CEO Sandra Kary says on Tuesdays and Thursday duri...
Vanese M. Ferguson Oct 14, 2025
















