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

Last Month 138 Tickets Dished Out for Speeding in the Work Zone
Speeding in the Orange Zone has hit some Saskatchewan drivers in the pocketbook. The law is that you have to slow to 60 km/h, or the posted speed limit, when passing a highway worker, flag person or h...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 22, 2019

Body Recovered from the River in Saskatoon
It was a tragic end to a search for person believed to be in the South Saskatchewan River. At 5:42 p.m. on Wednesday a firefighter-diver with the Saskatoon Fire Department, performing a hand search of...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 22, 2019

Two Sides To Story About Lack Of Fond-du-Lac Runway Improvements
Human life needs to be a priority in Saskatchewan. That from Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief, Bobby Cameron, as he calls for runway improvements to begin in Fond-du-Lac promised by th...
Carol Thomson Aug 21, 2019

Taxes Top Concern For SUMA members
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association has a list of concerns for federal election candidates. An association survey pegged taxation as the number-one concern of the 56 members who took par...
Carol Thomson Aug 21, 2019

Senior Assaulted And Robbed In Meadowgreen
A 72 year old man waiting for a bus in the 700 block of Appleby Drive around 3:30 Monday afternoon was assaulted and robbed. That’s what Saskatoon Police were told when they arrived on scene in ...
Carol Thomson Aug 21, 2019

Boreal Forests May Become Contributors To Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Canada’s northern boreal forests have been carbon sinks for millennia, but more recently are becoming sources of atmospheric carbon, and therefore could be contributing to the greenhouse effect....
Carol Thomson Aug 21, 2019

Injured Man Investigation Now a Homicide
Homicide investigations in Saskatoon for 2019 have hit the double digits. A 25 year old man, whose identity is not being released at the request of his family, was discovered in the 1800 block of 20th...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 21, 2019

Bystanders Step Up at Accident Scene
It was a dramatic scene at a two vehicle accident, involving a van and a car, at Avenue C and Circle Drive, just heading into rush hour Tuesday afternoon. The Saskatoon Fire Department got the call at...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 21, 2019

Safe drug consumption site approved for Saskatoon.
A safe drug consumption site for Saskatoon is slated to open in early 2020. The Executive Director of Aids Saskatoon says the main reason for the new-year launch is to ensure Saskatoon City Police hav...
Drew Wilson Aug 20, 2019

Cannabis Extraction Licence For Former POS Bio-Sciences Facility
Canopy Growth has received a licence from Health Canada for its KeyLeaf Life Sciences facility in Saskatoon. That makes 3 cannabis extraction facilities for the company with the other 2 in Ontario and...
Carol Thomson Aug 20, 2019

















