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

Smoke from bush fire closes section of Highway 3 southeast of Prince Albert
The Highway Hotline reports both lanes of Highway near Silver Willow Road have closed. A brush fire is generating smoke that has impacted visibility on the highway about seven kilometres southeast of ...
Neil Billinger May 26, 2025

Over 300 calls to Prince Albert Police this weekend
The Prince Albert Police Service says it received over 300 calls for service over the weekend. Reported incidents include the seizure of a machete and 150 grams of cocaine after a 43-year-old man was ...
Keira Miller May 26, 2025

Reconciliation flag raised in Saskatoon Civic Square ahead of Indigenous History Month
To kick off Indigenous History Month in June, government officials, municipal leaders, Indigenous organizations, residential school survivors and Elders gathered in Saskatoon Civic Square for the rais...
Keira Miller May 26, 2025

Police vehicle damaged in arrest, suspect had crowbar and sock filled with rocks
If you were out and about on Saturday night around 9:00 p.m. you may have seen someone hit a vehicle with a crowbar. The call came in from 22nd Street East and 3rd Avenue South. And the male suspect a...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Charges laid after weekend death of child
Friday night around 7 p.m., Carrot River RCMP responded to a report of a seriously injured child under 10 at a home on Shoal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say life-saving measures were unsuccessful, and the ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Arrest made in Saskatoon homicide
Over the weekend, the Saskatoon Police Service made a second arrest in the city’s third homicide of 2025. A 26-year-old-man whom police had been looking for in connection to the case was arreste...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Pre-evacuation alert again for Candle Lake and several northern communities evacuate over the weekend
The Pre evacuation alert is back in place for Candle Lake. Fire Chief Jim Arnold says in a news release that the pre-alert is being issued as a result of high winds and dry conditions that are advanci...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 26, 2025

Humboldt bus crash survivor’s life now showcased through new six-part TV series
A new six-part TV series called “We Were Broncos” is the story about Ryan Straschnitzki who was seriously injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. Regina-based “Prairie Cat...
Lisa Denby May 26, 2025

Saskatoon implements a guide to assist with naming of streets and parks
After the community call to action to rename John A. MacDonald Road last year, the city of Saskatoon has developed and implemented a Place Identity Framework. Director of Reconciliation, Equity, Diver...
Keira Miller May 25, 2025

USask researchers slow breast cancer growth through gene regulation
After spending over a decade on the project, a team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan has identified a new target for suppressing breast cancer growth. Lead researchers Dr. Franco Vizea...
Keira Miller May 25, 2025

















