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

Saskatchewan’s surplus forecast drops by $532 million
The province says the plan to cut operating debt remains on track, despite a drop in the first-quarter projected surplus. Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier Donna Harpauer originally estimated a $...
Keira Miller Aug 31, 2023

Crimes against people and property, reports of suspicious people increase in Fairhaven
The Fairhaven neighborhood has seen an increase in crimes against people and property so far this year, according to the Saskatoon Police Service 2023 Mid-Year Update. Crimes against people increased ...
Keira Miller Aug 28, 2023

STF says education policy change on gender is about politics
Part of the policy change announced Tuesday by Saskatchewan’s Minister of Education was that school divisions in the province must immediately pause involvement with any third-party organization...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 23, 2023

Assistance for livestock producers in Saskatchewan drought areas
The Saskatchewan government will provide up to $70 million to help livestock producers in severe drought areas offset the cost of purchasing or transporting feed. The program will be administered by S...
Neil Billinger Aug 21, 2023

Funding announced for Indigenous wildfire management practices
While in Saskatchewan, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources announced the federal government was proving the Prince Albert Grand Council with almost $525,000 dollars for the Indigenous Wildfir...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 21, 2023

Federal government announces funding for small modular reactor development in Saskatchewan
To increase Saskatchewan’s ability to develop small modular reactors in the province, the Government of Canada has approved up to $74 million in federal funding. Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of ...
Keira Miller Aug 20, 2023

Impaired driver arrested just over one year after Balgonie fatal collision
The driver alleged responsible for causing a collision resulting in death on Highway 10 has been arrested. On June 15 of last year at 11:30 p.m., White Butte RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle co...
Keira Miller Aug 14, 2023

Sixteen-year-old Kindersley girl dies in single vehicle rollover
A 16-year-old girl has died in a single vehicle rollover on a rural road 3 km south of Kindersley. On Sunday at 6:30 p.m., Kindersley RCMP responded to the rollover involving a truck, and the girl, fr...
Keira Miller Aug 14, 2023

Eleven former SLGA liquor store buildings sold, four still on the market, four to be repurposed
Only four of the 19 former government-owned liquor stores are still up for sale. One is from the Idylwyld Drive location in Saskatoon, and the others are in Nipawin, Assiniboia and Yorkton. Saskatchew...
Carol Thomson Aug 14, 2023

Whittling down budget expenses continues on Tuesday at City Hall
Saskatoon City Council’s Governance and Priorities Committee will continue to find ways to decrease the forecasted deficits for both 2024 and 2025 at their special budget meeting tomorrow (Tues)...
Keira Miller Aug 14, 2023















