Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

FSIN concerned about irrigation expansion planned for Lake Diefenbaker
With the Saskatchewan government set to begin work on a $1.15-billion project to expand irrigation at Lake Diefenbaker, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is voicing concern over the proje...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 15, 2024

Teachers resume job action
After the government turned down a request for binding arbitration in the teacher’s dispute, a new round of job action was announced Friday morning. Monday and Tuesday there will be a withdrawal...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 15, 2024

Les Dubé passes away
Well-known and well regarded, businessman and philanthropist, Leslie Dub has passed away. Les Dub died Wednesday morning at age 91. He and his wife Irene are founders of the Concorde Group of Companie...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 15, 2024

CUPE elects new president
CUPE, Saskatchewan’s largest union, elected a new president on Thursday. Kent Peterson was the secretary-treasurer of CUPE since 2020 and will now be leading the organization’s 31,000 memb...
Keira Miller Mar 14, 2024

Pelican Narrows drug and firearms operation last weekend nets large seizure plus five people arrested
A four-day operation, designed to assist the Pelican Narrows RCMP detachment with violent crime and drugs, took a bite out of the activity between last Friday and Monday. The Saskatchewan RCMP’s...
Les Lazaruk Mar 14, 2024

Big River RCMP asking for public help with finding man charged with six offences from Sunday incident
A male fugitive, charged with six offences from a March 10th incident, is the subject of a public assistance call from the Big River RCMP. They are asking members of the public to reports all sighting...
Les Lazaruk Mar 14, 2024

Public assistance requested from Swift Current RCMP with locating 28-year-old male fugitive
A man wanted by Swift Current Municipal and Assiniboia RCMP for a laundry list of charges is the subject of a public assistance request from the Swift Current Municipal RCMP. Twenty-eight-year-old Lan...
Les Lazaruk Mar 14, 2024

Walk to Support Truth and Reconciliation Against Homelessness
Over 100 people gathered at Saskatoon City Hall today to take part in the Walk to Support Truth and Reconciliation Against Homelessness. The sea of orange shirts traveled up 22nd Street to the Emergen...
Keira Miller Mar 14, 2024

Wednesday highway accident involved 10 vehicles
Milestone RCMP are continuing to investigate the multi-vehicle crash that occurred Wednesday morning in foggy conditions on Highway #39 north of Rouleau. The initial investigation determined that two ...
Les Lazaruk Mar 14, 2024

NDP calls on the province to come clean about the state of Saskatchewan’s finances
The provincial NDP is accusing the Sask. Party government of being allergic to transparency and using loopholes to avoid sharing documents requested through the Freedom of Information process. The NDP...
Keira Miller Mar 14, 2024
















