Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

More than a dozen communities evacuated in Saskatchewan’s north from wildfire
As of 1 o’clock Thursday there are 17 active wildfires in the province and nine are not contained. There have been 207 wildfires year-to-date in the province as compared to the 167 at the same t...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 29, 2025

Nationwide Collection Drive this weekend for Diabetes Canada
Diabetes Canada has been supporting individuals living with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes for 40 years and through their National Diabetes Trust Division, are hosting a Nationwide Collection Drive in Sas...
Lisa Denby May 29, 2025

Music by SSO set to a forest of 25,000 hand crafted butterflies
St. John's Cathedral will be transformed into a lush jungle on Saturday for an immersive combination of art and music. Saskatoon artist Monique Martin says the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra will be per...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 29, 2025

University Bridge closed for an undetermined amount of time after accident, motorists have to find a different route
The City of Saskatoon is advising motorists heading into the downtown to bank in extra time and expect traffic on other bridges to be busy as well. Saskatoon Police responded to a serious accident at ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 29, 2025

Government tries to make it easier for smaller communities to compost
More flexible rules are being introduced for municipal composting. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment wants to make it easier for smaller municipalities to compost waste without requiring a land...
Neil Billinger May 29, 2025

Emergency evacuation of Weyakwin
Northeast of Little Bear Lake 5:30 p.m. May 28, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook Dorri Peterson There are now 19 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan this morning and nine of them are not contained. Overnigh...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 29, 2025

Rollover fatality in Yorkton area
A child under the age of 10 has died in a side-by-side rollover on a grid road, in the Yorkton area Last night (Tuesday) at approximately 8:20 p.m., RCMP received a report of the rollover in a rural a...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 28, 2025

Ministry of Health issues drug warning for the Meadow Lake region
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health says there is an increased risk of drug overdose in the Meadow Lake area—in particular the Island Lake First Nation and the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. RC...
Neil Billinger May 28, 2025

Slower phone and internet service due to northern wildfires
Wildfires in northern Saskatchewan have damaged parts of SaskTel's fibre transport infrastructure. There is significant network congestion impacting internet, cell phone and landlines services in the ...
Neil Billinger May 28, 2025

Saskatchewan RCMP arrest four people on its wanted list
A program to reduce the number of active arrest warrants is producing results. Four wanted offenders were arrested over the past month—with some of the credit going to members of the public who ...
Neil Billinger May 28, 2025
















