Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

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

Kilogram of cocaine seized in traffic stop
Last Sunday in Air Ronge, the Saskatchewan RCMP’s La Ronge Crime Reduction Team seized a kilogram of cocaine during a traffic stop. A news release from the RCMP says it was around 1 in the morni...
Newsroom Feb 07, 2025

Big City Mayors’ Caucus meets with Prime Minister to talk U.S. trade/tariffs
Ahead of a trip to Washington, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Big City Mayors’ Caucus met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly today (Thurs) to ...
Carol Thomson Feb 06, 2025

Arson and disregard for human life charges from Prince Albert fire
The Prince Albert Police Service says a man has been arrested in relation to an arson investigation Thursday morning. Just before 7 a.m., emergency crews responded to a house fire in the 200 block of ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 06, 2025

Victims from quadruple homicide not all formally identified yet
The two investigations continue in regards to the quadruple homicide on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation and the firearms incident on Zagime Anishinabek. The Saskatchewan RCMP says Keagan Panipekeesick,...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 06, 2025
















