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

Canadian farmland value continued to climb in 2024—but not as much as 2023, Saskatchewan sees the biggest increase
Farm Credit Canada reports the average value of Canadian farmland was up 9.3 per cent—compared to 11.5 per cent the previous year. A similar trend was found in Saskatchewan, which led all provin...
Neil Billinger Mar 18, 2025

Woman brings her own reusable bag to rob a store
Patrol officers responded to a weapons call at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Grosvenor Park Centre around 7 p.m. Monday. In a news release the Saskatoon Police Service says the woman entered the store and b...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 18, 2025

Train derailment near Dalmeny
There has been a train derailment of approximately 30 train cars west of Saskatoon between Dalmeny and Langham. Dalmeny Police Service posted on social media around 8 p.m. last night that it had been ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 18, 2025

A first of its kind agreement signed between nuclear network and Sask Polytechnic
An agreement has been signed that is the first of its kind in Canada. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today (Mon) between Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the University Network of Excellence in ...
Carol Thomson Mar 17, 2025

Three arrests after more bear spray incidents
The Saskatoon Police Service says they arrested three people in connection to weekend bear spray incidents. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a weapons call in the 500 block of Av...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 17, 2025

Leader of the NDP and the Premier talk budget
The Saskatchewan budget is a couple of days away, but Premier Scott Moe spoke about it in broad terms during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention last Wednesday. Moe indicat...
Neil Billinger Mar 17, 2025

Environmental group urging government to maintain improved building code standards
Saskatchewan was at Tier 2 and on its way to reach Tier 3 in the five tiers of the National Building Code for energy efficiency when the provincial government recently announced stepping back to Tier ...
Carol Thomson Mar 17, 2025

Saskatoon residents invited to learn more about Link, the city’s upcoming public transit system
A popular street in Saskatoon is expected to undergo some major changes in the next few years. Saskatoon Special Projects Manager Rob Dudiak says College Drive will be a key corridor in the city’...
Keira Miller Mar 16, 2025

Prince Albert in-home support programs expanded
Seven hundred 50-thousand-dollars in funding from the Ministry of Social Services and a new partnership between Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit Co-operative and the Government of Saskatchewan means f...
Vanese M. Ferguson Mar 16, 2025

Prince Albert Police warn of tainted fentanyl following burst of multiple overdoses
There is a potentially fatal batch of fentanyl circulating in Prince Albert. The city’s Police Service released the alert yesterday following multiple overdoses in the last 24 hours in the commu...
Keira Miller Mar 16, 2025














