Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Estevan and Coronach receive additional government support to aid coal transition
The Saskatchewan government will invest $10 million to build new economic opportunities for the two southern communities once coal power facilities are closed by the end of the decade. The new funding...
Neil Billinger Sep 23, 2024

Update on police pursuit in Saskatoon on Saturday morning
A 24-year-old man is charged with evading police, dangerous driving, impaired driving, possession of methamphetamine and failing to comply with court ordered conditions. Police spotted the vehicle hea...
Neil Billinger Sep 23, 2024

NDP promising to focus on training and retaining doctors and nurses with less reliance on out-of-province contractors
NDP Leader Carla Beck says if elected, her government will spend $1.1 billion to train, retain and hire more doctors, nurses and specialists in the public healthcare system. Beck notes that out-of-pro...
Neil Billinger Sep 23, 2024

Paul Brandt’s organization brings police, crown prosecutors together to combat human trafficking
Singer/songwriter Paul Brandt was in Saskatoon today (Mon), not for a concert or to promote his music, but to promote an event coming up in Saskatoon to help combat human trafficking. Brandt is the fo...
Carol Thomson Sep 23, 2024

Brick laying ceremony in Saskatoon to honour Nobel Peace Prize winners
To honour a duo from overseas for their efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, the Saskatoon Nutana Rotary Club is dedicating a brick to them in Peace Plaza Tuesday. Each ...
Keira Miller Sep 23, 2024

Search is underway for unmarked graves at former residential school
This week Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation with technical support from Saskatchewan Polytechnic, is conducting Ground Penetrating Radar in Sturgeon Landing. It was the home of a residential school, and th...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 23, 2024

Mayoral candidate addresses safety concerns in Saskatoon
City Councillor Cynthia Block, who is in the running for Saskatoon Mayor, released her platform on combatting safety concerns in the community. She says it is a community driven strategy that would co...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 23, 2024

Vehicle fire in Moose Jaw leads to the discovery of a body inside
On Sunday night around 8:30 p.m. the Moose Jaw Police Service and Moose Jaw Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in the 700 block of Ominica Street East. A body was discovered inside, and EMS p...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 23, 2024

NDP says government still hasn’t fulfilled Access to Information Request
The provincial government has missed the deadline to provide the NDP with information requested through the Freedom of Information Act, a move that the NDP Health Critic says breaks the governmentR...
Carol Thomson Sep 23, 2024

Prince Albert Court of King’s Bench gains second Deputy Sheriff
The Court of King’s Bench in Prince Albert will get a second Deputy Sheriff. The announcement was made today by the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General. The Sheriff’s Office conducts ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 22, 2024















