Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Saskatchewan has fewer rural doctors and nurses than it did in 2018
The Official Opposition is highlighting data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information which shows that there are fewer doctors and nurses in rural Saskatchewan than there were in 2018, the ye...
Carol Thomson Feb 27, 2024

Penalties are increasing for stunting and street racing
This spring stunting, street racing and high-speed offences will come with longer impoundments and new suspensions. As of May 1st, drivers caught stunting, street racing, exceeding the speed limit by ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 27, 2024

Early morning fire in Saskatoon
A home in the 200 block of Avenue K North was heavily damaged in an early morning fire. The call came in at 4:32 am of a structure on fire. A fire was identified in the basement and crews started atta...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 27, 2024

Canada’s Mayors urging for infrastructure funding ahead of federal and provincial budgets
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities recently estimated that the average cost across the country to supply infrastructure for new housing, like roads, water and sewer, parks, amenities and emerge...
Carol Thomson Feb 26, 2024

Saskatoon’s Extreme Cold Weather Emergency Response Plan enacted
The Extreme Cold Weather Emergency Response Plan has been activated at Level 1 by the Saskatoon Emergency Response Organization and it will continue through Wednesday. Level 1 can be activated when th...
Carol Thomson Feb 26, 2024

Closing arguments heard, verdict for Greg Fertuck to be delivered in June
The first-degree murder trial with Greg Fertuck charged in the death of his estranged wife Sheree, who went missing, has now ended. She was last seen leaving her farmyard east of Kenaston in December ...
Carol Thomson Feb 26, 2024

Shooting at Deschambault Lake
Deschambault Lake RCMP are investigating an early Monday morning shooting and if it is connected to an injured person being treated at a local clinic shortly after. Officers were called to a residence...
Neil Billinger Feb 26, 2024

Mixed bag for weather this week and for the month of March in Saskatchewan
Snow, wind, blowing snow, colder than average temperatures and warmer than average – it’s all happening this week in Saskatchewan. Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang says the Albe...
Carol Thomson Feb 26, 2024

A few tips as you get ready to break out the shovel
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada says more people die from a heart attack or stroke in the winter months than during warmer weather, with mortality rates averaging 10 per cent higher. And for...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 26, 2024

Some school bus routes cancelled in Saskatoon according to message sent to parents
According to Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, rural school bus routes from outside Saskatoon into the city were cancelled this morning because travel was not recommended. Spokesperson Derrick Kunz ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Feb 26, 2024


















