Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

New Ministerial Lead chosen for Jasper following 2024 wildfires
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the Minister of Sport, Terry Guguid, who is also the Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, will also serve as Ministerial Lead for ...
Carol Thomson Feb 08, 2025

FCAA warns investors about Maple Bit, an unregistered company in Saskatchewan
The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan is warning investors of an online entity called Maple Bit, as it is not registered to trade or sell securities or derivatives in the provin...
Keira Miller Feb 08, 2025

Federal government invests in satellites to monitor wildfires
Seven micro satellites are being built to monitor active wildfires across Canada, which will provide data to fire managers and other authorities, and will enable the experts to track fire behaviour, i...
Carol Thomson Feb 07, 2025

Fatal accident north of Hanley
Saskatoon RCMP responded to a two-vehicle accident on Highway 11 Wednesday afternoon just before 2, just north of Hanley. An SUV and truck collided. Police report that the passenger in the SUV was tak...
Carol Thomson Feb 07, 2025

Drug bust near Humboldt results in nearly two kilograms of drugs taken off the street
A 59-year-old man is facing various weapon and drug related charges after a search warrant was executed at a home northeast of Humboldt. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Prince Albert Crime Reduc...
Keira Miller Feb 07, 2025

Business and trade leaders brainstorm tariff mitigation tactics at Canada-U.S. Economic Summit
After a Monday deal between Canada and the United States postponed impending tariffs for an extra 30 days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says we need to make use of the extension. Trudeau is joining t...
Keira Miller Feb 07, 2025

New archeological find shows presence of people in Saskatchewan, thousands of years earlier than thought
A University of Saskatchewan archeologist says the location of artifacts at a new archeological dig indicates to him that people were not only going back to that location, literally over thousands of ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 07, 2025

Rent may seem steep in Saskatchewan but not compared to the rest of the country
January was the fourth consecutive month of annual rent declines, following 38 straight months of increases across the country. A monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation states that the average ...
Carol Thomson Feb 07, 2025

“Talking Quilt” bears witness to memories of Residential School Survivors
The smell of burning sweetgrass filled the air at Saskatchewan Polytechnic yesterday as the women of James Smith Cree Nation presented the school with a cherished cultural artifact, the Talking Quilt....
Keira Miller Feb 07, 2025

Unemployment rate drops nationally and provincially
RBC Economics says Canadian labour markets showed employment rising solidly and the unemployment rate unexpectedly slipping lower. Statistics Canada released January job numbers Friday, and the nation...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 07, 2025















