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

Two officers charged with aggravated assault for deploying police dogs while making arrests
Two 13 year members of the Saskatoon Police Service, both assigned to the Canine Unit, are each facing a charge of aggravated assault following two separate incidents with the first occurring in 2019 ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 12, 2022

Police seek mom and children
The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public’s help in finding a mom and her two children. They have not indicated why they need to find them but Michelle has also recently lived in...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 11, 2022

Sask. man found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend loses appeal
A Saskatchewan man found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Carol King has had his appeal dismissed by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. Joseph David Caissie was found guilty of killing his...
Devyn Gregoire May 09, 2022

COVID-19 in wastewater remains high, on the rise in Saskatoon
The COVID-19 viral load in both Prince Albert and North Battleford has gone down in the latest report from USask’s Global Institute for Water Security, but it has increased in Saskatoon by 44 pe...
Carol Thomson May 09, 2022

Road construction season is back
A couple of Saskatoon’s busiest roads are scheduled for roadwork this summer. In a few weeks, work on the eastbound lanes of Circle Drive North between Alberta Avenue and Millar Avenue will begi...
Carol Thomson May 05, 2022

Road and bridge construction budget tops $65 million this year
Circle Drive in Saskatoon, which made the CAA’s 2022 top ten worst roads in the province this spring, is slated for improvements. Terry Schmidt, General Manager of Transportation and Constructio...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 05, 2022

Transportation committee signs-off on road improvements for downtown grocery store
The City’s transportation committee has signed of on some road improvements along Idylwyld Drive to accommodate traffic for a new downtown grocery store in Midtown Plaza. Arbutus Properties is i...
Devyn Gregoire May 02, 2022

COVID-19 in wastewater down slightly in Saskatoon, but still very high, increasing in North Battleford, Prince Albert
Both Prince Albert and North Battleford have an increase in COVID-19 viral RNA load in their wastewater, but the Global Institute for Water Security on the USask campus is reporting an almost 13 per c...
Carol Thomson May 02, 2022

Wildfires are contributing to the melting of glaciers
University of Saskatchewan hydrology researchers have discovered that exposure to wildfire smoke can cause glaciers to melt faster which affects mountain runoff. The mountain runoff in turn provides m...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 26, 2022

UPDATE: Homicide investigation underway after shooting in Saskatoon, offenders possibly involved in robbery as well
Saskatoon Police are now investigating an incident, possibly involving the trio of young offenders who have been arrested and charged with second degree murder in connection with the shooting of a 27-...
Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 25, 2022















