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

Funding secured for Bus Rapid Transit System in Saskatoon
The Bus Rapid Transit system that was approved by Saskatoon City Council in 2019 has the green light to move forward, as funding has been secured for all three components of the project. Last year, th...
Keira Miller Jun 28, 2024

Forecasted rainfall arrives as promised
Parts of Saskatchewan which experienced the drenching rain of last night and today can expect it to taper off Friday afternoon. Environment Canada says the main concentration of rain was from Kindersl...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 28, 2024

WestJet strike averted just before the long weekend
The federal government has stepped in to make sure there is no WestJet strike just as the long weekend begins. A news release from West Jet says job action has been avoided. The federal government has...
Carol Thomson Jun 27, 2024

Housing Accelerator Fund triggers significant community response at public hearing
Nearly 60 Saskatoon residents have requested to speak at today’s special meeting of Saskatoon City Council to discuss the Housing Accelerator Fund, with opinions ranging from strongly supporting...
Keira Miller Jun 27, 2024

Large drug seizure near Meadow Lake
As a result of a traffic stop on Highway 55, east of Meadow Lake on Sunday evening, Green Lake RCMP seized about two kilograms of meth, about 34 grams of cocaine, around 26 grams of fentanyl/MDMA, dru...
Carol Thomson Jun 27, 2024

Power outage in south Saskatoon and beyond
There is a power outage in Saskatoon’s CN Industrial, Stonebridge and The Willows neighbourhoods, Riverside Estates and east of Saskatoon in Clavet and Bradwell. SaskPower says crews have been d...
Carol Thomson Jun 27, 2024

Saskatoon man arrested after police seize weapons and drugs
A 25-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges following a weapons investigation that happened overnight. At 11:30 last night, officers saw two men behind the buildings in the 1500 block of 20th Street...
Keira Miller Jun 27, 2024

Sask. ends fiscal year below forecast
Saskatchewan finished the 2023-24 fiscal year with a $182-million operating surplus. The province’s financial status was highlighted in Thursday’s release of Volume 1 of the 2023-24 Public...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 27, 2024

Missing Moose Jaw senior found deceased
An 80-year-old Moose Jaw man that went missing yesterday has been found deceased. Glen Bell was found dead in a remote greenspace area within the Moose Jaw city limits today at 12:00 p.m. His next of ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 27, 2024

Rainfall warning for parts of central Saskatchewan
It might be time to consider building an ark. There’s a rainfall warning for a chunk of Saskatchewan that starts at the Alberta border and encompasses Kindersley, North Battleford, Saskatoon, Ro...
Vanese M. Ferguson Jun 27, 2024















