Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

USask research polar bears
While working on grizzly bear research, scientists from the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a large number of previously undocumented polar bear dens. Dr. Doug Clark and his team found the ...
Carol Thomson Jul 13, 2024

Human trafficking posters at Country Thunder
Five hundred posters, as part of the Government of Saskatchewan’s human trafficking campaign, will be featured for the first time at the Craven Country Thunder music festival this weekend. The p...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 13, 2024

Sheep grazing
In an effort to rid the grasslands of invasive and overpopulated plant species, Meewasin is once again enlisting the help of shepherd Jared Epp and his flock of sheep. Meewasin’s Resource Managm...
Keira Miller Jul 13, 2024

Sask arts, culture, and heritage organizations receive funding
The Government of Saskatchewan has allocated over $30 million into the province’s the arts, culture and heritage sector. The money aims to support exhibits at the Western Development Museum, pro...
Newsroom Jul 13, 2024

Battlefords RCMP seek help locating missing woman
Battlefords RCMP have received a report of a missing 32-year-old woman, Courine Sylvestre. Courine was last seen on June 7, 2024. She has ties to Prince Albert, Meadow Lake and Battleford, but her cur...
Newsroom Jul 13, 2024

Saskatoon man assaults several police officers during his arrest
One 35-year-old man has been arrested after assaulting a Saskatoon police officer while causing a public disturbance. At around 11:20 a.m. today, police were called to a mall in the 200 block of 1st A...
Keira Miller Jul 12, 2024

Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation gives nonprofits over $1.4 million in 2023-24
In 2023-24, the Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation granted over 55 Saskatoon-and-area nonprofit organizations with more than $1.4 million. The grants focused on supporting urban and rural ...
Keira Miller Jul 12, 2024

Over 7,000 lightning strikes in early morning storm
Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang says the sleep interrupting thunderstorm that rumbled into the Saskatoon area early Friday morning seemed quite severe because it had more lightning than a ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 12, 2024

Northern Saskatchewan road nearing completion
A milestone was marked Friday when the government announced the remaining approximate 10 kilometres of Highway 956 in Saskatchewan going west to the Alberta border is near completion. This is Saskatch...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 12, 2024

Saskatchewan breaks a half dozen temperature records
The most significant heat is moving out of Saskatchewan with just the southeast under a heat warning on Friday. The hot spot in the province Thursday was Yellow Grass North; Weyburn at 36.5 degrees. I...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 12, 2024
















