Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) Top News Stories

Evacuation of patients and care home residents from La Ronge now complete
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says it has completed the safe evacuation of 49 acute care patients and residents from the La Ronge Health Centre and care homes. There was mandatory evacuation...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 03, 2025

Opioid poisoning crisis report urges action from Saskatoon leaders
City Administration is providing an update on the opioid overdose crisis that has plagued Saskatoon for several months. The report, being presented at Tuesday’s Environment, Utilities, and Corpo...
Keira Miller Jun 03, 2025

Long night for evacuees trying to escape wildfire near La Ronge
The situation escalated rapidly in Saskatchewan Monday night after a wildfire, fed by wind gusts to 80 kilometres an hour, breached the La Ronge airport forcing the evacuation of La Ronge, Air Ronge, ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 03, 2025

First Ministers gather in Saskatoon for ‘best meeting in ten years’
For the first time in over 40 years, a First Ministers' meeting took place in Saskatchewan on Monday. In the face of American tariffs, the group gathered in Saskatoon to commit to removing trade barri...
Keira Miller Jun 02, 2025

Update: Wildfire breaches La Ronge Airport among wildfire evacuations
Update: A critical alert was issued at 6:09 p.m. on Monday ordering an evacuation that wildfire has breached the La Ronge airport. The Saskatchewan Provincial Emergency Communications Centre indicates...
Neil Billinger Jun 02, 2025

Five stabbings in Saskatoon over the weekend
Five stabbings took place in Saskatoon over the weekend. The first occurred at 5:00 a.m. on Friday in the area of 22nd Street West and Avenue W north where aa male was found to have been stabbed. The ...
Keira Miller Jun 02, 2025

Number of evacuees in Saskatoon doubles
The need for donations has risen exponentially after the number of evacuees from Saskatchewan’s north doubled on the weekend. Fred Reibin with the Saskatoon Community Foundation says there were ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 02, 2025

Canada’s Premiers and Prime Minister meet in Saskatoon
Monday’s gathering in Saskatoon is the first face to face meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers since the federal election in a campaign where Carney committed t...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 02, 2025

Saskatchewan and Ontario sign MOU on Sunday
On Sunday Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the removal of trade barriers between the two provinces. In a news r...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 02, 2025

“Shoe” fire edges closer to Candle Lake
There are 15 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan with six not contained. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is responding to 18 Evacuation incidents. In their daily update the Resort Village of Candl...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 02, 2025

















