Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

New intake system for hip and knee replacements giving patients more choices
The centralized intake system for hip and knee replacement surgery is a game changer, according to the Executive Director of Provincial Surgical Services for the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Cindy G...
Carol Thomson Mar 27, 2024

Second degree murder charge in Black Lake Denesuline First Nation man’s death
A 29 year old man from Black Lake in the province’s far north has been charged with second degree murder. Black Lake RCMP were alerted about an injured man at a home in the community on March 20...
Carol Thomson Mar 27, 2024

Cancer patient says working conditions and culture are to blame for Saskatchewan’s nursing shortage
The culture and working conditions of Saskatchewan healthcare are driving workers out of the province and contributing to the province’s nursing shortage. That’s from Shannon Orell-Bast, a...
Keira Miller Mar 26, 2024

Arrest made in 2022 death of Cory Papequash
A 32-year-old woman from The Key First Nation has been arrested in connection to the 2022 death of 51-year-old Cory Papequash. On October 23, 2022 at 5 a.m., Kamsack RCMP received a report of a firear...
Keira Miller Mar 26, 2024

Manitoba RCMP in Prince Albert investigating 2021 double homicide
RCMP Manitoba Major Crime Services investigators are in the community of Prince Albert to speak to witnesses there in relation to the 2021 murders of Brent Denechezhe and Leona Tssessaze. On September...
Keira Miller Mar 26, 2024

City Council to cover two contentious infrastructure topics at Wednesday meeting
Saskatoon Freeway Project Nearly 200 emails and letters will be presented to Saskatoon City Council tomorrow, urging members not to approve the proposed construction of a freeway around Saskatoon that...
Carol Thomson Mar 26, 2024

Search on for two suspects wanted in attempted abduction in Lloydminster
RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men in regards to an incident in the Border City on Sunday. A dark blue, 2007-2009 Blue GMC Sierra Truck pulled up alongside a woman walk...
Neil Billinger Mar 26, 2024

Fatal rollover kills one man in the Prince Albert area
There was a fatal rollover southeast of Prince Albert on Monday morning. Officers responded to a call about a single vehicle rollover on Coxby Road around 7:45am. A 21-year-old man from the James Smit...
Neil Billinger Mar 26, 2024

Undetected rail flaw caused 2021 train derailment near Silton
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has concluded its investigation into the derailment of a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train in October of 2021 near Silton, which is about 50 kilometres n...
Carol Thomson Mar 26, 2024

Funding communities for green infrastructure projects
Green infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan to safeguard public health will receive more than $45 million in total from federal, provincial and local governments. Federal Minister of Housing, Infras...
Carol Thomson Mar 26, 2024


















