Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Company fined $70,000 following employee injury near Yorkton
A Manitoba-based company has been fined $70,000 following a serious workplace incident that happened near Yorkton nearly three years ago. On March 13, Sunterra Horticulture Inc. pleaded guilty to one ...
Keira Miller Mar 22, 2024

Prince Albert Police Service and partners work to address ‘flight from police’ situations
Following 429 incidents in 2023 where drivers failed to pull over for a police traffic stop, the Prince Albert Police Service and several partner agencies have developed an operational plan to address...
Keira Miller Mar 22, 2024

Speeding ticket scam circulating
The Saskatoon Police Service has been made aware of a text scam circulating in the community. People are receiving texts claiming their vehicle was detecting speeding by a camera, and then it offers t...
Carol Thomson Mar 22, 2024

Education Minister working on ways to keep students from being impacted by STF job action
Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill says he is disappointed by the STF’s announcement of more job action for next week. In a statement he says the government wants to make sure students aren̵...
Carol Thomson Mar 22, 2024

It may be cold, but it is spring inside at Gardenscape
What might be considered one of Saskatoon’s harbingers of spring begins today at Prairieland Park. It’s the 35th annual Gardenscape with thousands of bulbs that were planted last fall in f...
Carol Thomson Mar 22, 2024

Serious injury at Nutrien’s Cory Potash Mine
An underground contractor was seriously injured at the Nutrien Cory Potash mine on Wednesday. The Cory mine is about 10 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon. A statement from Nutrien says, “Our sit...
Carol Thomson Mar 22, 2024

Phone In Friday supports teachers
Today (Fri) is the second day of province-wide job action by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. Teachers are withdrawing from their voluntary extracurricular activities. The STF also announc...
Carol Thomson Mar 22, 2024

The Chamber CEO says provincial budget doesn’t help business owners, but doesn’t hurt them either
The CEO of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce says this provincial budget fell short when it came to implementing measures that will help small business job creators. Prior to the 2024-25 budge...
Keira Miller Mar 22, 2024

RCMP looking for man unlawfully at large
Beauval RCMP are looking for a man who is unlawfully at large. This past Wednesday, 34-year-old Darius Gunn fled during court proceedings. In May of last year, Gunn, who is from La Plonge First Nation...
Carol Thomson Mar 22, 2024

Work continues to deal with capacity issues at Saskatoon and Regina hospitals
Since enacting an action plan for dealing with over capacity issues at hospitals in Saskatoon and Regina late last year, the Saskatchewan Health Authority says more than 156 new Full Time Equivalent s...
Carol Thomson Mar 21, 2024


















