Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Evacuation of patients and care home residents from La Ronge now complete
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says it has completed the safe evacuation of 49 acute care patients and residents from the La Ronge Health Centre and care homes. There was mandatory evacuation...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 03, 2025

Federal Government announces the First-Time Home Buyer GST Rebate for new homes
First-time home buyers will now be supported with the “First-Time Home Buyer (FTHB) GST Rebate”. New homes priced at, or below, $1 million will have the GST removed, and for homes valued b...
Lisa Denby Jun 03, 2025

Long night for evacuees trying to escape wildfire near La Ronge
The situation escalated rapidly in Saskatchewan Monday night after a wildfire, fed by wind gusts to 80 kilometres an hour, breached the La Ronge airport forcing the evacuation of La Ronge, Air Ronge, ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 03, 2025

Saskatoon committee to vote on flood control, corporate environmental leadership program
Saskatoon’s Committee on Environment, Utilities, and Corporate Services will be voting on commencing two flood control projects on Tuesday. In December of 2018, City Council approved the nine-ye...
Keira Miller Jun 02, 2025

First Ministers gather in Saskatoon for ‘best meeting in ten years’
For the first time in over 40 years, a First Ministers' meeting took place in Saskatchewan on Monday. In the face of American tariffs, the group gathered in Saskatoon to commit to removing trade barri...
Keira Miller Jun 02, 2025

Update: Wildfire breaches La Ronge Airport among wildfire evacuations
Update: A critical alert was issued at 6:09 p.m. on Monday ordering an evacuation that wildfire has breached the La Ronge airport. The Saskatchewan Provincial Emergency Communications Centre indicates...
Neil Billinger Jun 02, 2025

Weapons call results in over 50 charges
Five people are facing multiple charges after police responded to a weapons call and located a loaded firearm early this morning. At approximately 12:45 a.m. police responded to a restaurant in the 10...
Lisa Denby Jun 02, 2025

Evacuation orders for La Ronge area
An ordered evacuation is being issued for Sucker River due to a wildfire that is threatening the community. The online SaskAlert website says the wildfire is fast moving and individuals in Sucker Rive...
Lisa Denby Jun 02, 2025

FSIN frustrated over exclusion from meetings with PM and Premiers
As the Prime Minister met with Canada’s Premieres in Saskatoon today to discuss strengthening Canada’s economy, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) highlighted major conc...
Lisa Denby Jun 02, 2025

Five stabbings in Saskatoon over the weekend
Five stabbings took place in Saskatoon over the weekend. The first occurred at 5:00 a.m. on Friday in the area of 22nd Street West and Avenue W north where aa male was found to have been stabbed. The ...
Keira Miller Jun 02, 2025
















