Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

New team for domestic violence response
The Saskatoon Police Service has launched a new Intimate Partner Violence Response Team (IPVRT). The initiative began in January 2025, and it is a partnership with Family Service Saskatoon in an effor...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Charges laid after weekend death of child
Friday night around 7 p.m., Carrot River RCMP responded to a report of a seriously injured child under 10 at a home on Shoal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say life-saving measures were unsuccessful, and the ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Arrest made in Saskatoon homicide
Over the weekend, the Saskatoon Police Service made a second arrest in the city’s third homicide of 2025. A 26-year-old-man whom police had been looking for in connection to the case was arreste...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Pre-evacuation alert again for Candle Lake and several northern communities evacuate over the weekend
The Pre evacuation alert is back in place for Candle Lake. Fire Chief Jim Arnold says in a news release that the pre-alert is being issued as a result of high winds and dry conditions that are advanci...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Scammers are taking a toll on Canadian road trippers
Taking a road trip this summer? You may be a target for an increasingly prevalent road-toll scam. ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe explains that there is a scam circulating where fraudster...
Keira Miller May 25, 2025

Saskatoon implements a guide to assist with naming of streets and parks
After the community call to action to rename John A. MacDonald Road last year, the city of Saskatoon has developed and implemented a Place Identity Framework. Director of Reconciliation, Equity, Diver...
Keira Miller May 25, 2025

USask researchers slow breast cancer growth through gene regulation
After spending over a decade on the project, a team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan has identified a new target for suppressing breast cancer growth. Lead researchers Dr. Franco Vizea...
Keira Miller May 25, 2025

RCMP asks public not to share misleading AI image in sexual offence case
The Saskatchewan RCMP is addressing a misleading AI-generated image circulating on social media, which was created from a police sketch related to a sexual offence investigation at a business south of...
Newsroom May 25, 2025

Road closures in place for Sunday
Various road closures will be in place today. Closures started at 5:00 a.m. for the Saskatchewan Marathon. Detours will be in place guiding motorists around the race route. Roadways will reopen as rac...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 25, 2025

A major science conference returning to Saskatoon
It is Saskatoon’s turn to host the Annual Joint Congress of the “Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society” (CMOS) and the “Canadian Geophysical Union” (CGU) with...
Lisa Denby May 24, 2025














