Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

NDP urges Sask. Party government to follow Manitoba’s footsteps
Manitoba has announced another fuel tax holiday extension in their latest provincial budget and the NDP wants the Saskatchewan government to suspend Saskatchewan’s 15-cent-a-litre tax on gas and...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 03, 2024

Government funding helps expand pharmacist responsibilities to prescribe medication
If you have asthma or diabetes, in the future your pharmacist may be able to prescribe and manage medication. The Government of Saskatchewan announced it will provide $137,000 to the University of Sas...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 03, 2024

Government launches pilot project in an effort to deal with EMS backups in hospital
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched a pilot project to manage ambulance offload delays in Regina and Saskatoon. The new triage software support system to be introduced in June is going to put ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 03, 2024

Remembering a Saskatchewan icon
Sad news as the man responsible for the revival of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ franchise nearly 20 years ago and the Rider Nation brand is no longer with us! Jim Hopson (pictured) passed away ...
Newsroom Apr 03, 2024

Saskatoon Police release photos of suspect in weekend assault
As Saskatoon Police investigate the assault on a senior Sunday afternoon, they have tracked down photo evidence involving a person of interest. The photo shown above is that person of interest. Saskat...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 03, 2024

Woman found dead in La Ronge, man charged with second degree murder
Just after midnight on Sunday, RCMP responded to a a reported of an injured woman at a home on Far Reserve Road in La Ronge. EMS also attended and pronounced 52-year-old Sharon Brown from the La Ronge...
Carol Thomson Apr 02, 2024

Drug trafficking arrests in Prince Albert
As part of a drug trafficking and firearm investigation, the Prince Albert Police Service Crime Reduction Team and the Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team executed search warrants last Friday in th...
Carol Thomson Apr 02, 2024

Saskatoon moving toward city-owned organics processing facility
The City of Saskatoon is looking more closely at a city-owned and operated organics processing facility, rather than contracting this service. Three options were brought by Administration to the Envir...
Carol Thomson Apr 02, 2024

Saskatoon senior assaulted Easter Sunday
When Saskatoon Police responded to the 3500 block of 8th Street East on Sunday afternoon the found a 71 year old man who had been bear-sprayed. Police say there was a verbal altercation in the parking...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 02, 2024

Targeted Sector Support funding available for municipalities
As of today (Tues), Saskatchewan municipalities can apply for Targeted Sector Support (TSS) funding. It is a cost-shared grant program managed by the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association with...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 02, 2024
















