Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Wildfires cause SaskTel service outage
SaskTel is reporting a significant service outage in several northern communities caused by wildfires. Denare Beach was lost access to SaskTel Internet, Wireless, and Landline. Meanwhile, all SaskTel ...
Keira Miller Jun 04, 2025

Ottawa will match donations for wildfire evacuees, Saskatchewan Government contributes $15-million to Red Cross
The federal government will match every dollar donated to the Canadian Red Cross 2025 Saskatchewan Wildfire Appeal, while the Government of Saskatchewan is contributing $15 million to assist the Red C...
Neil Billinger Jun 04, 2025

Two weapons calls and multiple arrests
The Saskatoon Police Service says officers responded to the 100 block of Spadina Crescent East around 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving a report that two men were point what appeared to be a handgu...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2025

Candle Lake officials say “Shoe” fire continues to grow
The Resort Village of Candle Lake reports today that the “Shoe” Fire has now grown to over 47-hundred square kilometres in size which would make it about 20 times the size of Saskatoon. Wh...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2025

NDP says there needs to be a better plan put in place to shelter evacuees
The Saskatchewan NDP says there needs to be a better plan to house evacuees of the devastating wildfires in the province’s north. Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency estimated in their daily brief...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2025

Saskatoon Public Schools passes its budget forecasting almost 30,000 students to be enrolled next fall
Describing it as a step in the right direction, Kim Stranden, Board Chair for the Saskatoon Public Schools Board of Education, says the funding provided to the school division for the upcoming school ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2025

Cameco says wildfire is not a threat to their sites
Cameco says there are no wildfires in the vicinity of the company’s operations at Cigar Lake, Key Lake, McArthur River and Rabbit Lake. In a news release issued Wednesday the uranium giant, head...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2025

Accident impacting traffic in downtown Saskatoon
There has been another accident on the Sid Buckwold Bridge which are creating traffic restrictions while the Saskatoon Police Service Collision Analyst Unit investigates. This time it is the southboun...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2025

Sum Theatre to perform special show for wildfire evacuees in Saskatoon
With wildfires in Saskatchewan’s north impacting Sum Theatre’s touring schedule, the crew has decided to put on a special performance of their Theatre in the Park production ‘Breathe...
Keira Miller Jun 03, 2025

The Resort Village Council is declaring a state of emergency and asking residents to voluntarily evacuate
The Resort Village Council has declared a state of emergency and asking residents to voluntarily evacuate the Resort Village, to reduce the number of people who will need to leave within a short perio...
Lisa Denby Jun 03, 2025














