Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

USask professor appointed as CLS Chief Science Officer
A University of Saskatchewan professor has been appointed to a five-year term as the new Chief Science Officer for the Canadian Light Source (CLS) on the USask campus. Dr. Ingrid Pickering is also a T...
Les Lazaruk Aug 16, 2024

Regina’s housing starts up 317 per cent since last July according to Sask. government
According to year-over-year figures from Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan ranks third among the provinces for housing starts as of July. Housing starts refers to the number of housing projects that sta...
Keira Miller Aug 16, 2024

Wildfires threaten two Saskatchewan communities
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency reports that as of 11 a.m. Friday there are 76 active wildfires in the province. Of those active fires, eight are categorized as not contained. To date, there hav...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2024

Saskatoon Police investigate suspicious death
The Saskatoon Police Service Major Crime and Forensic Identification Sections are investigating a suspicious death in the 200 block of Avenue I South. Police this morning had issued an advisory indica...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 16, 2024

House fire in Saskatoon and one person found in basement
One person was taken from a home on fire this morning in Saskatoon’s Richmond Heights neighbourhood. The call came in from Rupert Drive around 9:10 a.m. and firefighters could see flames coming ...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2024

Single human case of swine flu in Saskatchewan in July
The province reported a case of swine flu in its respiratory virus report last month. On July 11th, a single human case of swine-origin influenza A called (H3N2)v was reported. The ‘v’ mea...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2024

Cycling to Ottawa to bring awareness on rising Parkinson’s diagnoses in Canada
A team of cyclists who began their journey in Victoria in the Spinning Wheels Bike Relay to End Parkinson’s will ride into Saskatoon tomorrow afternoon, before getting back on the road on their ...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2024

Remains found northeast of Moose Jaw identified
Moose Jaw RCMP report that human remains found northeast of the city on April 28th have been identified. At the time, some pictures of old clothing were released to the public to help identify the ind...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2024

Now there are four: Don Atchison announces he’s running for Mayor
ith the picturesque River Landing as the backdrop Don Atchison announced he is throwing his hat in the ring for Mayor. He says he has the experience with 13 years previously as Mayor of Saskatoon and ...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2024

Violent crimes up in Saskatoon, property crimes down in Quarter 2 of 2024
According to a new data report from the Saskatoon Police Service, violent crime in the city was up by over 10 per cent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2024. The report and its findings were pr...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 15, 2024















