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

Highest Single-Day Number of New COVID-19 Cases in Saskatchewan Since May 8
Saskatchewan has recorded its largest single-day number of COVID-19 cases since May 8. Each of the provincial zones had at least five new cases from the total of 258 new cases shown Friday on the prov...
Les Lazaruk Aug 27, 2021

Missing Person Now Homicide Investigation
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit South is now investigating a death, that was a previously a missing person case. On Wednesday officers received a report of a deceased person in a rural area west of...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 27, 2021

Board of Police Commissioners Hears About Advantages Of Decriminalizing Drug Possession
A report to the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners states that charging people for simple drug possession is ineffective in deterring them from using substances. The report suggests decriminaliza...
Carol Thomson Aug 20, 2021

Saskatoon Adds Most New COVID Cases
Sunday's Active COVID case numbers rose by 143 in Saskatchewan, to 1,043. Saskatoon had the largest number of new cases at 37. By comparison, Regina's case count rose by only 7. Recoveries rose by 58....
Gord Wiebe Aug 15, 2021

Prime Minister Visiting Governor General, Election Looming
It was expected there would be a federal election called today, and now the Prime Minister is speaking at Rideau Hall this morning, after meeting with the Governor General, Mary Simon. The earliest po...
Carol Thomson Aug 15, 2021

Suspicious Fire On Saskatchewan Crescent
The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a fire in the 900 block of Saskatchewan Crescent East Saturday morning. Firefighters found a garage fully involved in flames. The fire investigator says the ...
Carol Thomson Aug 15, 2021

No New COVID-19 Deaths, But Hospitalizations On The Rise
On Saturday, the province reported another 2,562 COVID-19 vaccines in people’s arms for a total to date of 1,444,378. There are another 122 cases of the virus and the seven day average of new ca...
Carol Thomson Aug 14, 2021

Child Care Agreement Reached Between Federal and Provincial Governments
Saying every child deserves the best possible start in life and all parents should have the ability to build both a family and career, the province has announced an agreement has been reached with the...
Gord Wiebe Aug 13, 2021

Rethinking Restrictions
Pollster Angus Reid says the fourth wave of COVID-19 is renewing debate over community restrictions in Western Canada. Amidst rising concern, provincial governments are taking significantly different ...
Gord Wiebe Aug 13, 2021

Looking For Two People, Possibly Armed, In Prince Albert Area
There is an increased presence of police around the Sturgeon Lake First Nation area and north of Prince Albert, where it’s alleged two people fled from officers and may be armed. Prince Albert R...
Carol Thomson Aug 11, 2021















