Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Number of homicides in Saskatchewan ratchets upwards
Statistics from Saskatchewan RCMP show a 50 per cent increase in the number of homicide victims in the province between 2019 to 2023. Investigators have noted that, of the individuals charged with hom...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 03, 2024

Science behind mine remediation appears to stand the test of time
A researcher from the University of Waterloo has determined that the multi-layer covers used to remediate abandoned mine sites have lived up to their expectations, even after 50 years. Old, abandoned ...
Keira Miller Jan 03, 2024

Wadena RCMP investigate rash of break-ins in December
Wadena RCMP are investigating nine break and enters in Wadena and surrounding communities. Between December 15 and December 28 Wadena RCMP received reports of break-ins in the communities of Wadena, F...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 03, 2024

Nutrien charged for OHS violation
Nutrien has pleaded guilty in Moosomin Provincial Court to a violation of Occupational Health and Safety regulations. On September 20th of 2021 at the company’s Rocanville mine, a worker was ser...
Carol Thomson Jan 03, 2024

FOUND: Missing 34-year-old woman
Shellbrook RCMP say Roberta Colomb has been located and is safe. –Original Story– A 34-year-old woman from Mistawasis First Nation has been reported missing. Shellbrook RCMP say Roberta Co...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jan 03, 2024

Yet another ATM stolen, this time from Shaunavon
There has been another ATM theft in Saskatchewan. Shaunavon RCMP responded around midnight on Saturday to a break and enter at a business in that community and determined an ATM was attached to a stol...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2024

Suspicious fire in Meadowgreen neighbourhood
Saskatoon Police are investigating a suspicious fire which happened over the noon hour in the Meadowgreen neighbourhood. The Fire Department responded to a detached garage fire at 12:46 p.m. in the 20...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2024

Multiple stabbings in Saskatoon over the weekend
Saskatoon Police are investigating a number of stabbings that happened over the weekend. On Friday afternoon around 3:45 p.m., officers responded to an assault in the 600 block of Avenue I South and f...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2024

Advice for municipalities on how to welcome newcomers
Project manager of Prairie Skies Integration Network, Dalise Hector, says immigrants are the main driver of population growth in Canada and they are critical to this country’s labour market. The...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2024

Regina area scrapyard fire takes three days to extinguish
It took three days to completely extinguish the fire at a scrapyard north of Regina. Regina Fire & Protective Services responded to the blaze around 1 in the afternoon last Thursday and operations...
Carol Thomson Jan 02, 2024


















