Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

RCMP update on weather related accidents and incidents
Saskatchewan RCMP report that between 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday they received 120 reports of weather-related motor vehicle collisions and incidents throughout the province. Drift...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2024

Charges laid after police officer was allegedly spit on and bitten
The Saskatoon Police Service says a man taken into custody Tuesday night allegedly spit and bit a Constable shortly after arriving at Detention. The call started just after 9:30 p.m. when police recei...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2024

Testing of SaskAlert Wednesday
A test of the provincial emergency alert system, SaskAlert, is scheduled for today (November 20) at 1:55 p.m. The test will be issued by The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) via the Federal pu...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2024

City of Saskatoon still in clean up mode
The City of Saskatoon says Saskatoon had more than 30 hours of snowfall and 17 centimetres of accumulation. City crews will be finishing up the three lane Priority 1 streets and then will move into th...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2024

Highway Hotline’s Wednesday snapshot of highway conditions
(Update provided at 10:47 a.m.) HIGHWAY #1: Manitoba Border to Whitewood: Reduced Visibility, Covered, Ice, and Drifting Snow Whitewood to Indian Head: Travel Not Recommended, Reduced Visibility, Ice,...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2024

Provincial NDP suggests scurvy in the north could be because of extremely high grocery prices
The NDP’s Shadow Minister for Northern Affairs suggests 27 people from the La Ronge area over the past six months got scurvy because they can’t afford to eat healthy foods. Jordan McPhail ...
Carol Thomson Nov 19, 2024

Think tank releases stats on number of deaths while patients waited for surgery
A Canadian think tank has released data from a Freedom of Information request to Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health, which indicates that 385 patients died while waiting for surgery in the last f...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2024

Saskatoon Police lay charges in Monday night assault
The Saskatoon Police Service says one man is recovering from an assault last night. Police responded to a report of an unknown problem around 9:18 p.m. in the 600 block of Avenue X South. Officers fou...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2024

Friendship Inn gearing up for annual Fill the Plate Holiday Campaign
For many guests of the Friendship Inn, the warm welcome they receive from the staff and volunteers may be the only kindness they receive in a day. That, from executive director Sandra Kary, who states...
Carol Thomson Nov 19, 2024

FCAA warning for investors
The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan has issued a warning regarding several online entities: Gamma Holdings, ProClubTeam, BEMO Investment Firm Ltd. and Top First Group. FCAA Se...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2024















