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

Provincial NDP suggests scurvy in the north could be because of extremely high grocery prices
The NDP’s Shadow Minister for Northern Affairs suggests 27 people from the La Ronge area over the past six months got scurvy because they can’t afford to eat healthy foods. Jordan McPhail ...
Carol Thomson Nov 19, 2024

Think tank releases stats on number of deaths while patients waited for surgery
A Canadian think tank has released data from a Freedom of Information request to Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health, which indicates that 385 patients died while waiting for surgery in the last f...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2024

Saskatoon records 14th homicide of the year
Saskatoon Police Service have made an arrest in what is the city’s 14th homicide of 2024. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday police responded to a report of an injured male in the 400 block of...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2024

RCMP, Saskatoon Police respond to numerous accidents related to weather
Between 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Saskatchewan RCMP received 44 reports of vehicle collisions and incidents. The most common of the incidents were vehicles in the ditch and jackknifed semis. Be...
Newsroom Nov 19, 2024

RCMP vehicle struck twice in stolen vehicle arrest
Two people are facing charges in connection to a stolen truck which struck the side of a police vehicle. Last Thursday, Hudson Bay RCMP found a stolen vehicle in the backyard of a home in that communi...
Carol Thomson Nov 18, 2024

Thirty-six-year-old woman arrested and charged with first degree murder in relation to Saskatoon’s 13th homicide of 2024
The Saskatoon Police Service’s Major Crime Section is asking the public for assistance in helping with their investigation into the city’s 13th homicide of 2024. Back on Friday evening, a ...
Les Lazaruk Nov 18, 2024

Stabbing takes place while Santa Claus Parade is on
A woman was stabbed on a Saskatoon street while the Santa Clause parade was winding through downtown. The Saskatoon Police Service says officers responded to an injured person call in the 200 block of...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 18, 2024

Prince Albert shooting sends one man to hospital
The Prince Albert Police Service says the increased police presence around the 300 block of 32nd Street West on Sunday was part of their investigation into an assault with a weapon. Officers responded...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 18, 2024

Construction Association wants more investment in buildings that withstand severe weather events
A recent report from the Canadian Construction Association points to wildfires in Jasper and flooding in Toronto to highlight the importance of building infrastructure that can withstand extreme weath...
Carol Thomson Nov 18, 2024

Weather warnings across much of Saskatchewan
Originally, the weather watches and warnings from Environment Canada were mostly for the east side of Saskatchewan, but that has expanded. and now include Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Regina. These th...
Newsroom Nov 18, 2024














