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

Search is on after inmates escape correctional centre
Yorkton RCMP say Brett Schnieder and Chase Ahpay are wanted on warrant for being unlawfully at large after escape a correctional centre in Yorkton on Sunday. Yorkton RCMP say they received the report ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jul 08, 2024

Surplus renewable energy now stored in SaskPower battery energy system
SaskPower’s first ever utility-scale battery energy system is now on-line. The system—referred to as BESS—is located at the SaskPower Fleet Street substation in Regina. It stores sur...
Neil Billinger Jul 07, 2024

Provincial Traffic Safety Fund allows for over 50 traffic safety projects
Using the proceeds from Photo Speed Enforcement tickets, the province is handing out over $1.3 million in grants for projects that will improve traffic safety in Saskatchewan. One of the 55 projects t...
Keira Miller Jul 07, 2024

Five people dead in two serious collisions just hours apart on Highway 4
Five people were killed as a result of two serious crashes on Highway 4 that occurred on Friday. The first occurred at roughly 12:45pm just south of Cochin. Battlefords RCMP, local fire, EMS, and STAR...
Keira Miller Jul 07, 2024

Tunable anticounterfeiting material developed at Canadian Light Source
Researchers at Western University in London, Ontario have used the Canadian Light Source on the USask campus to further their work on developing a new approach to hinder counterfeiters. A chemistry pr...
Carol Thomson Jul 06, 2024

SATVA provides tips for staying safe on all-terrain vehicles this summer
The importance of helmets is the message this summer from the Saskatchewan All-Terrain Vehicle Association. John Meed, the General Manager of the Saskatchewan All-Terrain Vehicle Association, says all...
Keira Miller Jul 06, 2024

Highway 4 closed north and south of the Battlefords by two separate collisions
Battlefords RCMP are busy dealing with two serious and separate collisions right now that have closed Highway 4 both north and south of the Battlefords. The latest report came in just before 4 o’...
Les Lazaruk Jul 05, 2024

Watrous woman dies after driving into parked semi
A 32-year-old woman from Watrous has died in a two-vehicle collision. At 11:50pm last night, Humboldt RCMP, along with local fire and EMS, responded to the collision, located on 1st Avenue in Watrous....
Keira Miller Jul 05, 2024

Serious collision south of Cochin, traffic detours in place
Battlefords RCMP are responding to a report of a serious collision on Highway #4, south of Cochin. The highway is currently closed, and detours are in place. Motorists should expect delays in the area...
Keira Miller Jul 05, 2024

Search for teen after canoe tips Wednesday night
Turtleford/Glaslyn RCMP say a canoe tipped over near a boat launch on Helene Lake Wednesday night round 9:30 and one of the people in the canoe, a teen boy, didn’t resurface. Police, including t...
Carol Thomson Jul 05, 2024















