Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Over $3.8 million dollars of support payments transferred by the province to wildfire-ravaged communities
The Government of Saskatchewan has transferred over $3.8 million dollars to communities that are distributing the $500 payments directly to their residents. In a news release from the Saskatchewan Pub...
Les Lazaruk Jun 19, 2025

Saskatchewan’s trucking force is aging out with no one to fill the gap
The Saskatchewan Trucking Association says truck drivers are aging out and young people aren’t lining up to replace them due to financial barriers. In a news release the Association says the ave...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 19, 2025

Cosmo Civic Centre getting back to normal with evacuees returning home
With most wildfire evacuees having returned home, the Canadian Red Cross has closed the Evacuation Centre at Cosmo Civic Centre. The fitness and weight room and facility rentals will resume next Wedne...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 19, 2025

Drug charges among several after an evade police incident
The Saskatoon Police Service says one man was arrested after an evade police incident. Around 1:40 a.m. a Patrol officer saw a speeding vehicle on Diefenbaker Driver and tried to pull it over at Vanie...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 19, 2025

Apartment building fire on McKercher Drive
There was a fire in an apartment building in the 1100 block of McKercher Drive on Wednesday evening. The call came in at 6:50 p.m. and arriving fire crews could see smoke and flames coming from a balc...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 19, 2025

Planning in the works for credit union merger, members won’t see changes until 2026
Both membership and leadership at three Saskatchewan credit unions have decided they would be better together, and a merger will be taking effect January 1st for Synergy, Cornerstone, and Conexus cred...
Keira Miller Jun 19, 2025

Relationships between people, animals, and nature explored at the International Society for Anthrozoology Conference
The University of Saskatchewan is hosting the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) 2025 Conference at their PAWSitive Connections Lab to focus on human-animal interconnectedness and relation...
Lisa Denby Jun 19, 2025

Saskatchewan philanthropist Joseph Remai passes away
Premier Scott Moe posted on social media last night that Saskatchewan has lost a true community builder. Referring to him as a proud son of Carrot River and one of Saskatoon’s most generous phil...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 19, 2025

Saskatchewan and Alberta confirm united position on pipelines and trade corridors
A common message from the Premiers of Saskatchewan and Alberta on Wednesday following a joint meeting of their caucuses in Lloydminster. There was plenty of agreement following the meeting, which was ...
Neil Billinger Jun 18, 2025

USASK raises over $500 million in largest fundraising campaign in province’s history
The University of Saskatchewan set out to raise half a billion dollars with their ‘Be What the World Needs” campaign and have exceeded that goal. Announced today, USASK surpassed their goa...
Lisa Denby Jun 18, 2025
















