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

Advisory committee struck as Canada gets ready to review CUSMA
As Canada approaches the Joint Review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the federal government states that the aim is to preserve that unique Canadian advantage and to build on it....
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 21, 2026

Lloydminster bust nets firearm and quantity of drugs
The Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) in Lloydminster has charged a man wanted on warrant and seized a variety of drugs as well as a firearm. On April 17th STRT officers were conducting pa...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 21, 2026

Right leaning think tank suggests discrimination not as big a role in discrepancies between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians
Despite the widely held belief that income discrepancies between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadian are founded in systemic discrimination, a new report from the Aristotle Foundation for Public Po...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 21, 2026

Firefighters union calling on province to provide supports as they respond to hundreds of overdose calls
The president of IAFF Saskatoon Firefighters Local 80 released a statement on social media. Jay Protz says the increase in overdose calls is “not a one-oof trend – this is a sustained incr...
Keira Miller Apr 21, 2026

Drug overdose calls in Saskatoon top 300 this month
Saskatoon Fire Chief Doug Wegren says his department has experienced an increase in overdose-related calls since the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR). PHR was Saskatoon’s safe injection s...
Neil Billinger Apr 20, 2026

Fire crews called to grass fire in Corman Park
The Saskatoon Fire Department is still on the scene of wildland grass fire in the RM of Corman Park. Crews were called to the fire off Highway 219 at 2:04 pm on Monday. Firefighters report seeing smok...
Keira Miller Apr 20, 2026

RM of Corman Park first in 30 years to have ‘Approval Authority’
For the first time in nearly 30 years, a Saskatchewan municipality has been designated as an Approval Authority. What's more, Corman Park is now the only rural municipality with this special designati...
Keira Miller Apr 20, 2026

Uknown white powder at postal distribution centre
The Saskatoon Fire Department says no one was injured after fire crews and the Hazmat unit responded to the Canada Post Distribution Centre due to an unknown white powder. The call came in from the 30...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 20, 2026

Water Security Agency warns there could be flooding and ice jams in some areas
The WSA has issued a High Flow Advisory. It is for a large area extending from northwestern Saskatchewan near Buffalo Narrows down to the southeastern areas near Yorkton. Weather forecasts indicate th...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 20, 2026

Gas tax break now in effect
Gasbuddy.com, in its daily survey of 81 gas outlets in Saskatoon says the average retail gasoline prices in Saskatoon have fallen 1.6 c/L in the past week, averaging 170.57 c/L Sunday. This compares w...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 20, 2026

















