Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Saskatchewan reaches out for additional crews and equipment amid busy spring wildfire season
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says this spring has been the busiest early wildfire season it’s seen in several decades. SPSA Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts says he has been i...
Keira Miller May 27, 2025

Saskatoon among the worst in the country for number of unhoused individuals
The Saskatchewan NDP are sounding the alarm over two recent reports they say confirm the Sask. Party government is not helping the province’s homelessness and housing crisis in Saskatoon. The fi...
Lisa Denby May 27, 2025

Drug and weapons seized in traffic stop
The Saskatoon Police Service says a traffic stop Monday night led to two arrests in what became a drug and weapon related investigation. At 11:00 p.m. Patrol officers pulled over a vehicle that had a ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2025

Resort Village of Candle Lake says they need SPSA to give them the “all clear” to create a firebreak
The Fire Chief for the resort village of Candle Lake says they are looking for help from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency. In a news conference Tuesday morning Chief Jim Arnold pointed to a bulld...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2025

King Charles delivers Speech from the Throne
Reading the throne speech Tuesday, King Charles touched on Canadian sovereignty several times. He said, “the Prime Minister and the President of the United States, for example, have begun defini...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2025

Potential transmission windows extended for Swift Current and Regina measles exposures
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has extended the hours of potential transmission for two recent measles exposure risks in Regina and Swift Current. If you happened to be in Swift Current on May 16th...
Keira Miller May 27, 2025

Ovre 350 homeless children identified in Saskatoon’s Point in Time Homelessness Count report
Saskatoon's Mayor says the results of the Point in Time Homelessness Count that was conducted in October uncover some systemic failures. Cynthia Block says in 2024, volunteers identified about 1500 ho...
Keira Miller May 27, 2025

Retail blitz operation nets double digit arrests, many of whom are considered repeat offenders
Over the course of four days, Saskatoon Police arrested 22 people in their retail blitz operations on Confederation Drive. Project Shield was conducted on May 7th and 8th and again on May 21st and 22n...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2025

Cameco announces $10 million donation to USask
Cameco’s President and CEO Tim Gitzel was on hand Tuesday morning at the University of Saskatchewan to announce a $10 million contribution to the university’s Be What the World Needs Campa...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2025

Government launches another push to recruit physicians
The Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency (SHRA), the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Government of Saskatchewan have launched a physician recruitment advertising campaign dubbed “Sas...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 27, 2025
















