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

Four plots of city land to be sold for affordable housing projects
Possible changes to residential zoning to allow for some multi-unit housing is not the only way Saskatoon’s City Council is looking at increasing affordable housing. The topic of residential zon...
Carol Thomson Jun 26, 2024

Saskatoon teen charged in fatal accident
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with taking a vehicle without consent, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing death after a fatal accident in April. Saskatoon Police re...
Carol Thomson Jun 26, 2024

Suspicious death in Canora
The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a suspicious death in the town of Canora, about 50 kilometres north of Yorkton. A 32-year-old man from Canora was pronounced dead on the scene ...
Neil Billinger Jun 26, 2024

Mayoral candidate wants council to delay a decision on housing accelerator fund
One of Saskatoon’s mayoral candidates wants to see a pause on making a decision around the Housing Accelerator Fund until after the municipal election in November. There is a special public meet...
Carol Thomson Jun 26, 2024

Cameron McBride sworn in as Saskatoon’s Police Chief
Cameron McBride is now officially the Chief of Police for the Saskatoon Police Service. His swearing in ceremony was Tuesday afternoon at Saskatoon Police headquarters. Chair of the Board of Police Co...
Carol Thomson Jun 25, 2024

Two women charged in Hatchet Lake First Nation man’s death
Two women are charged in connection to a homicide investigation at Hatchet Lake First Nation. Wollaston Lake RCMP responded to a report that someone had been seriously hurt around 6 pm last Saturday. ...
Carol Thomson Jun 25, 2024

Traffic stop attempt leads to game of chicken with police vehicle
While on a proactive patrol in the Onion Lake area on Saturday, the Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford Crime Reduction Team says a vehicle passed their vehicle and then went through a stop sig...
Carol Thomson Jun 25, 2024

Provincial government says no to federal government’s Clean Energy Regulations
According to a report from a tribunal struck by the provincial government to look at the economic impact of the federal government’s Clean Energy Regulations, which includes the goal of reaching...
Carol Thomson Jun 25, 2024

Rain didn’t keep crowd away from groundbreaking ceremony for new downtown library
A wet day didn’t dampen the spirits of the crowd attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the new central library in downtown Saskatoon at 321 2nd Avenue North. Mayor Charlie Clark was especial...
Carol Thomson Jun 25, 2024

Lightning safety week arrives on the heels of wild weekend weather in Saskatchewan
It is lightning safety week and while Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang acknowledges that a lot of Saskatchewan residents like a good lightning storm, she says lightning kills and injures mo...
Carol Thomson Jun 25, 2024















