Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Discussions between union and provincial health ministers
The Services Employees International Union West (SEIU-West) is expressing cautious optimism following meetings with provincial health minister Jeremy Cockrill and the Minister of Rural and Remote Heal...
Neil Billinger Jan 08, 2025

Property reassessment time
This a provincial reassessment year and the City of Saskatoon will mail notices beginning January 27th. If you don’t want to wait for the mailed version, you can preview your property’s ne...
Neil Billinger Jan 08, 2025

Most wanted murder suspect arrested
A suspect in a May 2024 Regina homicide has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Reshaun Norman Cote, 22, was arrested on Wednesday. He is accused in the death of a 22-year-old man who...
Neil Billinger Jan 08, 2025

Body of missing man located on Sturgeon Lake First Nation
A sad end to the search for 50-year-old Orlando Okemaysim. His body was located on Wednesday. Prince Albert RCMP indicate the death is not believed to be suspicious. Okemaysim had been last seen on Ch...
Neil Billinger Jan 08, 2025

Not enough access to treatments for those dealing with obesity
There are treatments for obesity, but they aren’t readily available to most people and Obesity Canada suggests that if there was more recognition that it’s a chronic, progressive disease, ...
Carol Thomson Jan 08, 2025

Social media post leads to illegal hunting charges and fines
A picture of a deer posted on social media is what triggered an investigation into illegal hunting. The Environment Ministry reports that Moose Jaw conservation officers noticed the post that included...
Carol Thomson Jan 08, 2025

Funding for traffic safety projects across the province
Almost $1.6 million has been awarded through the Provincial Traffic Safety Fund to 79 communities through SGI’s twice-yearly funding of projects which focus on speed reduction measures. Minister...
Carol Thomson Jan 08, 2025

Bright lights of the Enchanted Forest helped put thousands in holiday spirit
Now that the BHP Enchanted Forest’s season is done, the numbers have been crunched, and it turned out to be the third busiest season of its 26 years. There were 83,540 visitors to the Holiday Li...
Carol Thomson Jan 08, 2025

What’s happening behind the scenes at Royal Saskatchewan Museum
The Royal Saskatchewan museum highlighted newly excavated fossils collected over the past few summers, insect research including some newly recorded species of bees and wasps found in the province, an...
Carol Thomson Jan 08, 2025

Health Canada issues warning for Flikrfire Tabletop Fireplaces
Health Canada has issued a warning for Flikrfire Tabletop Fireplaces, because the slcohol-fueld fireplaces can cause uncontrollable pool fires, where flames burn across the surface of pooled or spille...
Carol Thomson Jan 08, 2025
















