Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

A stormy weekend for much of Saskatchewan
The theme this weekend for much of Saskatchewan is snow and blowing snow. How much depends on where you are. Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm Warning which covers the south and parts of ce...
Carol Thomson Mar 01, 2024

Canada Post unveils new stamps
Canada Post’s latest stamp issue features two native wildflowers that are important sources of food for a variety of pollinators, including hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. The butterfly milk...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 01, 2024

March is roaring in like a lion, brace yourself
Almost all of Saskatchewan is affected by a weather alert as of Friday morning. The snowfall warning applies to much of northeast Saskatchewan like Cumberland House, Sandy Bay and Pelican Narrows wher...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 01, 2024

No carbon tax rebates for Saskatchewan people
Canada’s natural resources minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, says Saskatchewan residents won’t get a carbon rebate, after Premier Moe announced last month that his government would stop remitt...
Carol Thomson Feb 29, 2024

First phase of pharmacare bill tabled in Parliament
Bill C-64, which is the first phase of national universal pharmacare was introduced into Parliament today, which would cover diabetes and birth control medications and supplies. A news release from th...
Carol Thomson Feb 29, 2024

Sixteen-year sentence for killing RCMP Officer Shelby Patton after being pulled over
Forty-four year old Alphonse Stanley Traverse was sentenced to 16 years in jail for killing an RCMP officer when he ran him over in June of 2021. The Winnipeg man was sentenced in Regina Court of King...
Carol Thomson Feb 29, 2024

UPDATE – fugitive arrested in Prince Albert
A man wanted on a warrant from Kindersley RCMP and the Saskatoon Police Service was arrested in Prince Albert Thursday by the Prince Albert Police Service. Thirty-four-year-old Brennan Sewap is facing...
Les Lazaruk Feb 29, 2024

Lotto millionaire in Moose Jaw
Pierre Gravel won one of the LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS prizes in the February 20th draw. After paying off the mortgage on his home, Gravel plans to revisit a couple of dreams. “My dream career is to...
Neil Billinger Feb 29, 2024

Public assistance sought with locating man on a Canada-wide warrant
A man unlawfully at large and on a Canada-wide warrant is being pursued by RCMP, who are asking for the public’s help with locating him. Twenty-nine-year-old Brenden Yew (pictured) is wanted by ...
Les Lazaruk Feb 29, 2024

Judge hands down sentence in the death of a Saskatchewan RCMP officer
A man who ran over an RCMP officer near Wolseley has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Alphonse Traverse of Winnipeg pled guilty last year to manslaughter in the death of Constable Shelby Patton. ...
Neil Billinger Feb 29, 2024


















