Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Diving “robot” snags national award for Saskatoon teenager
A Saskatoon high school student has taken home a national award for her diving robot that uses Artificial Intelligence to aid in search and rescue missions. Yurui Qin captured the $10,000 prize from t...
Neil Billinger Jun 04, 2024

Downtown Transit Teminal temporarily moves to 3rd Avenue Wednesday
The Downtown Transit Terminal on 23rd Street will be closed tomorrow (Wed) as of 7 a.m. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues for roadway patching. This follows a water main break repair last week. It’s e...
Carol Thomson Jun 04, 2024

Pair of zebras moved from Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo to Moncton, New Brunswick
The number of zebras at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo has been reduced from five to three as “Koffee” and “LeeLoo” have been transferred to the Magnetic Hill Zoo in ...
Les Lazaruk Jun 04, 2024

Committee approves fewer green cart pick ups in winter, next step City Council
If approved by Saskatoon City Council, the Green Cart organics program will move to picking up the carts once a month in the winter, from December through March, and then back to every two weeks for t...
Carol Thomson Jun 04, 2024

O’Neil Crescent incident wraps up with one in custody
After several hours of negotiation, the Saskatoon Police Service convinced a man to leave a home on O’Neil Crescent in Sutherland at which time he was apprehended under the Mental Health Service...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2024

Funnel Cloud advisory includes Saskatoon
Update: As of 6 p.m., the funnel cloud advisory continues. Environment Canada has been reporting this afternoon that funnel clouds are possible for Saskatoon and area, further west to just before Bigg...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2024

Charges laid in Saskatoon’s latest homicide case
The Saskatoon Police Service says two men are in Saskatoon Provincial Court Tuesday in relation to the city’s 10th homicide of 2024. Around 3:00 a.m. on Monday, police answered an injured person...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2024

Library workers vote in favour of job action
CUPE describes a strike vote by Saskatoon library workers as decisive and says it sends a strong message to the employer that violence is not part of the job. CUPE 2669 says employees voted 95 per cen...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 04, 2024

Another request from Greg Fertuck, days before verdict in his first-degree murder trial
The verdict in the first-degree murder trial where Greg Fertuck is charged in the death of his estranged wife is set to be delivered on June 14th, but on Monday, Justice Richard Danyliuk received an e...
Carol Thomson Jun 03, 2024

Regina Police investigating second homicide of 2024
The death of a man found injured in Regina around 6:30 Saturday morning is now being investigated as a homicide. Regina Police officers were dispatched Saturday to the 2300 block of Reynolds Street ab...
Carol Thomson Jun 03, 2024















