Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Five people face 27 charges following Hampton Village drug bust
Four people have been charged following a drug bust in Saskatoon late Wednesday afternoon. Officers conducted a traffic stop at 22nd Street and Avenue P and apprehended four people. A fifth person was...
Neil Billinger Feb 21, 2025

Period of shortened emergency room hours at City Hospital extended
A shortage of doctors means another extension of the reduced hours at the City Hospital emergency room. On February 14th, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said the ER hours were be reduced from 9am-6...
Neil Billinger Feb 21, 2025

NDP claims Sask. Party made $800,000 in ‘secret’ payments to Lumsden Treatment Centre
Although it wasn’t accepting any patients, the Saskatchewan NDP says a Lumsden Treatment Centre received $800,000 in ‘secret’ payments from the Sask. Party Government over the summer...
Keira Miller Feb 21, 2025

Evan Hardy student charged with lighting classmate on fire pleads not guilty
The 15-year-old student charged with attempted murder, arson and aggravated assault after allegedly lighting her classmate on fire has pleaded not guilty in court. The girl, who was 14 at the time of ...
Keira Miller Feb 21, 2025

Blading snowpack and ruts on residential, industrial streets begins this weekend
The City of Saskatoon is launching city-wide snow clearing on residential and industrial streets beginning this weekend, to prevent severe ice and snow rutting. In a news release, the City says as spr...
Carol Thomson Feb 21, 2025

Gunshots heard in Pleasant Hill neighbourhood
Around 2:30 this morning (Fri), Saskatoon Police responded to a report of gunshots in the area in the 100 block of Avenue I South, in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. Officers report finding two men w...
Carol Thomson Feb 21, 2025

Retail sales rose at the end of 2024
Retail sales were up across Canada from November to December and year-over-year. Statistics Canada says sales rose by 2.5 per cent month to month and 3.9 per cent from December of 2023 to December 202...
Carol Thomson Feb 21, 2025

Coldest Night of the Year Walk raises money for YWCA Saskatoon
If you see a convoy roaming the streets of Saskatoon tomorrow afternoon, it’s not a protest or a parade, it’s the Coldest Night of the Year Walk. Kristen Grenci, Manager of Development &am...
Keira Miller Feb 21, 2025

Canadians’ views of the U.S. have been tarnished according to a Leger survey
A recent Leger survey indicates the majority of Canadians, at 81 per cent, are concerned the U.S. President Donald Trump may use measures such as tariffs and trade sanctions to push Canada into a more...
Carol Thomson Feb 21, 2025

A win for Canada in more ways than one
A couple of good things have happened over the past 24 hours. First, Canada’s pride and spirits were lifted last night with the win against the U.S. in the Four Nations Cup, 3-2 in overtime, whi...
Carol Thomson Feb 21, 2025















