Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

CRA employee accused of collecting pandemic benefits while working full time
A Yukon resident is facing fraud charges in relation to allegedly receiving benefits during COVID-19 at the same time as being employed by the Canada Revenue Agency in Alberta. The RCMP’s Provin...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 16, 2023

FSIN Vice Chief running for National Chief of Assembly of First Nations
The First Vice Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations has officially announced running for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Vice Chief David Pratt is the first to decl...
Carol Thomson Aug 16, 2023

Bull on the loose in Yorkton
An unusual call for RCMP to respond to in Yorkton on Tuesday. A 911 call came in regarding a bull that was loose in the eastern Saskatchewan city. It was spotted on the Darlington overpass and a Yorkt...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 16, 2023

Saskatoon City Council continues to whittle away at pending deficit
If no further savings were found, the tax increase in 2024 would be 8.54 per cent in Saskatoon and 6.04 per cent in 2025. Decisions made to date at special budget meetings has reduced the funding gap ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 16, 2023

Child endangerment charges after incident in Moose Jaw
The Moose Jaw Police Service has charged a 29-year-old man with unlawfully endangering a child’s life, after an incident Tuesday. Police received a report from the east side of the city of a sus...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 16, 2023

Western College of Veterinary Medicine expands program that takes veterinary services to the north
A registered veterinary technologist has been hired to make regular visits to northern communities. Katara Chanin has been a regular volunteer of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Nor...
Neil Billinger Aug 15, 2023

Wildfire numbers rise across Canada
The City of Yellowknife declared a State of Local Emergency yesterday because of three nearby wildfires, but an evacuation order hasn’t been issued at this point. There are a number of wildfires...
Carol Thomson Aug 15, 2023

Two men wanted by RCMP located, one charged in shooting at Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
A 31-year-old man who police were looking for in connection to a shooting outside of a home on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation has been located. On August 8th, a man was injured and transported to hospita...
Carol Thomson Aug 15, 2023

Fines for RM, construction company and landowners from illegal disposal of demolition waste
An RM between Moose Jaw and Swift Current, a construction company and two individuals have been fined after illegally disposing of demolition waste. A news release from the province says the RM of Whe...
Carol Thomson Aug 15, 2023

Suspicious warehouse fire on Avenue K South near encampment
A fence and a locked gate had to be breached for the Saskatoon Fire Department to respond to a fire at a warehouse building in the 300 block of Avenue K South around 1:30 this morning (Tues). The firs...
Carol Thomson Aug 15, 2023
















