Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

SIRT says suspect grabbed police gun, shooting Estevan officer
The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team has released a few more details about the police-involved shooting in Estevan Wednesday morning. Around 7:30 that morning, the Estevan Police Service re...
Carol Thomson Nov 03, 2023

Sask. Finance Minister says provinces support CPP but says feds are employing distraction tactics
Saskatchewan’s Finance Minister says she is disappointed with her federal counterpart after federal and provincial finance ministers met today to discuss Alberta’s proposal to withdraw fro...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 03, 2023

CFIB says less rhetoric and more facts in the face of Alberta threatening to leave CPP
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says there needs to be a national deep dive on the numbers to determine exactly what the impacts would be if Alberta left the Canada Pension Plan. Brian...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 03, 2023

Provincial funding to support Veterans service clubs
The provincial government has announced supporting 77 projects through the Saskatchewan Veterans Service Club Support Program in this fiscal year. It provides grants for facility repairs, upgrades and...
Carol Thomson Nov 03, 2023

Internet Child Exploitation Unit makes an arrest
After an investigation into child pornography which began last August, the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit has charged a Saskatoon man with two counts of possession of child pornography....
Carol Thomson Nov 03, 2023

First class of firefighters graduate from newly formed Suncrest College
Suncrest College, which was formed less than five months ago as a result of a merger between Cumberland and Parkland colleges, has seen its first class, graduate. Fourteen young firefighters celebrate...
Keira Miller Nov 03, 2023

Statistics Canada says more people were employed in Saskatchewan last month
Statistics Canada says employment was up in four provinces in October, while Quebec recorded a decline. Employment rose in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in October. There was l...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 03, 2023

Two Alberta men arrested for drug trafficking in Saskatoon
A traffic stop in the 1100 block of 22nd Street West Wednesday night led to a weapon and drug investigation and two arrests. Saskatoon Police report that patrol officers conducted a traffic stop and o...
Carol Thomson Nov 03, 2023

Official Opposition urges Premier to denounce Alberta’s plan to withdraw from CPP
During Question Period on Thursday, the Official Opposition urged the Premier to denounce Alberta’s plan to withdraw from the Canadian Pension Plan. Leader Carla Beck says there are over 280,000...
Carol Thomson Nov 02, 2023

Second degree murder charge in August death at Emma Lake
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes has arrested and charged a man in connection to a homicide investigation into the death of 27-year-old Philip Okemow of Sturgeon Lake First Nation. Mid-morning on August...
Carol Thomson Nov 02, 2023


















