Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Black Hawk helicopter now patrolling a prairie border
RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region confirms Black Hawk helicopter flights have started in Alberta. On Tuesday an RCMP Black Hawk helicopter began patrolling the Alberta border with the United Stat...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 29, 2025

Sask. RCMP see almost a 30 per cent increase in homicide cases
The Saskatchewan RCMP says there were 27 per cent more homicide files and 33 per cent more homicide victims in 2024 than the year prior. Saskatchewan RCMP investigated 38 homicide files in 2024 (Janua...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 29, 2025

Saskatoon Airport back to pre-pandemic levels in terms of passenger traffic
The YXE Saskatoon Airport (YXE) says it saw an approximate 15 per cent growth in passenger traffic year over year in 2024. That brings them to a 99 per cent recovery when compared to pre-pandemic leve...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 29, 2025

Grand opening of new affordable housing in Prince Albert
To meet the need for larger low-income family units in Prince Albert, the Government of Saskatchewan invested $3.3 million to reconstruct a portion of the Meadow Green housing development which was de...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 29, 2025

Lloydminster woman arrested and charged following wellbeing check by Vermillion RCMP
A Lloydminster woman faces several drug-related charges after being arrested by Vermillion RCMP during a wellbeing check in the Minburn County area of Eastern Alberta. According to an Alberta RCMP new...
Les Lazaruk Jan 28, 2025

Weapons seized, man charged in the Pierceland area
Pierceland RCMP have arrested a man on various firearms charges and failing to appear in court for a previous incident. Twenty-three-year-old David Waskahat was wanted for not appearing in cour...
Neil Billinger Jan 28, 2025

Yuel family contributes $2 million for Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s new Saskatoon campus
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is $2 million closer to its $100 million fundraising goal thanks to a donation from the Yuel family. President and CEO of Sask Polytech, Dr. Larry Rosia estimates they are at ...
Carol Thomson Jan 28, 2025

All traffic restrictions on University Bridge removed
Repairs to the sanitary sewer line damaged during a fire last week under the University Bridge are complete and the bridge has been fully reopened to traffic. The damaged section of the sanitary sewer...
Neil Billinger Jan 28, 2025

Chinese New Year welcomes in Year of the Snake
The Year of the Snake will arrive at midnight for those marking the Chinese New Year. Fireworks are an important part of the celebration. The City of Saskatoon says low-hazard fireworks are permitted ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 28, 2025

CFIB says government red tape costs small business time and money
There is a cost for all that government red tape, in the amount of time it takes to fill out all the forms and the time it takes away from other work business owners could be doing. That’s what ...
Carol Thomson Jan 28, 2025















