Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Record number of surgeries performed in Saskatchewan, plan to increase includes more private partner involvement
There were about 95,700 surgeries performed in the last fiscal year in Saskatchewan, which is almost 6,000 more than the previous record set in 2022-23. That’s according to report from the provi...
Carol Thomson May 07, 2024

Food drive is on to help families in preparation for summer break
One of two major food drives that take place at the Saskatoon Food Bank and learning Centre is underway for the month of May. SFB Executive Director Laurie O’Connor says the food bank is seeing ...
Keira Miller May 07, 2024

Rainfall warnings persist
Additional moisture for seeding started falling Monday with the heaviest amounts in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan where Cypress Hills can expect 50 plus millimetres, 20 to 40 millimetres in the...
Newsroom May 07, 2024

Assault charges after officers respond to domestic disturbance
Saskatoon Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance just before midnight on Sunday. When officers arrived to the 1000 block of Baltzan Boulevard in Evergreen, officers report there was a ...
Carol Thomson May 06, 2024

Man charged in woman’s death was in custody hours prior to her death
The Prince Albert man arrested after officers found 51-year-old Beverly Constant dead had been in police custody a few hours prior to her death. Prince Albert Police say on Friday afternoon, just befo...
Carol Thomson May 06, 2024

Drug trafficking investigation in Sandy Bay leads to four people facing charges
Four people have been arrested, two from Calgary and two from Sandy Bay in connection to an RCMP drug trafficking investigation in Sandy Bay. Police say a search warrant was executed at a home and off...
Carol Thomson May 06, 2024

Homicide investigation continues after 18 years
It was 18 years ago that Saskatoon Police and paramedics responded to the 1600 block of 22nd Street West and found 23-year-old Hughie James Assiniboine dead. Emergency crews responded on the afternoon...
Carol Thomson May 06, 2024

Saskatoon street sweeping delayed by rain
It’s looking like the City of Saskatoon’s scheduled residential street sweeping will likely be delayed until Wednesday, thanks to the rain and wet weather Monday and more in the forecast f...
Les Lazaruk May 06, 2024

Official Opposition says Saskatchewan government redacted Stephen Harper’s contract in Freedom of Information request
Since 2019, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his company Harper and Associates have been paid $240,00 a year by the Saskatchewan government. That was brought up by the Official Opposition duri...
Carol Thomson May 06, 2024

Twenty-one Saskatchewan recipients of King Charles III Coronation Medals
King Charles III Coronation Medals were presented in Saskatchewan for the first time Monday. The inaugural provincial presentation of the medals was hosted by Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty on the f...
Les Lazaruk May 06, 2024
















