Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

K+S Potash donates $1 million to Saskatchewan food banks
K+S Potash Canada announced a million-dollar donation today to two of Saskatchewan’s largest food banks. The announcement was made in Regina, but the funding is being split evenly between Regina...
Carol Thomson Sep 11, 2024

Funding to help rural areas attract investmentand be ready for it
Helping rural areas prepare for economic growth is the goal behind provincial and federal funding totaling $450,000 over two years. The two governments signed a funding agreement with the Saskatchewan...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2024

Prince Albert man wins big
A Prince Albert man has won $5 million on a LOTTO 6/49 ticket from the August 28th Classic Jackpot draw. Mark Georget says he saw the full line of numbers and checked the prize and then checked it thr...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2024

Donation supports state-of-the-art critical care equipment, culturally appropriate supplies for Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation has gifted the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation $275,000 to enhance maternal health care through the Corporation’s Cares for All p...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2024

Saskatchewan SPCA fundraising for a service not available in Saskatchewan, possibly all of Canada
The Saskatchewan SPCA’s “There to Care” campaign has launched with the goal of raising $2.1 million to build an Emergency Animal Care Centre currently under construction near Asquith...
Carol Thomson Sep 10, 2024

NDP announces plan it says will tackle housing crisis
The provincial NDP is promising to introduce legislation to protect tenants from excessive and unreasonable rent increases. Leader Carla Beck says an NDP government would introduce a Landlord and Tena...
Neil Billinger Sep 10, 2024

Prince Albert Police open new search for 37-year-old missing person case
New investigative leads into the disappearance of Samuel LaChance 37 years ago, has led the Prince Albert Police Service Historical Crimes and Missing Persons Unit to launch a new search Tuesday. The ...
Les Lazaruk Sep 10, 2024

SIRT investigating fatal officer involved shooting on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
Additional details have been released regarding an officer involved shooting Sunday morning on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation-about 70 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Serious Inci...
Neil Billinger Sep 10, 2024

Evacuation order lifted for Sandy Bay, but not for Southend
Leadership with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation have rescinded the mandatory evacuation order for Sandy Bay. Officials say it has been determined that the wildfire risk has significantly decreased, and e...
Newsroom Sep 10, 2024

Government says the tech sector spurs job growth
The Government of Saskatchewan says a recent report shows Saskatchewan’s tech sector had the largest increase in employment growth rate out of all Prairie provinces, outpacing both Alberta and M...
Vanese M. Ferguson Sep 10, 2024















