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

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

Hospital Home Lottery Campaign underway
The Chair of the Hospital Home Lottery campaign says even though prizes are extraordinary, the real winners will be Royal University, St. Paul’s and Saskatoon City Hospitals as well at their pat...
Drew Wilson Aug 20, 2019

A Busy Summer For Saskatoon Food Bank
Because there are no breakfast or lunch programs at schools during the summer, the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre and the Milk for Children program welcomes the support of SaskMilk. For the...
Carol Thomson Aug 20, 2019

Police Call off Pursuit in Rush Hour Traffic
Saskatoon Police are searching for a suspect who refused to stop for officers yesterday evening. The incident kicked off around 5:30 pm when patrol officers reported to a call of a suspicious vehicle ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 20, 2019

One Of Five Charged With Tiki Laverdiere’s Murder Makes First Court Appearance
The eighth person to appear in court with charges connected to the homicide investigation of Tiki Laverdiere was Nikita Sandra Cook. The 31 year old had been wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant, bu...
Carol Thomson Aug 19, 2019

New Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Coming to RUH IN 2020-21
The provincial government is committing $1.35 million dollars in operational funding each year starting in 2020-21 to establish a new four-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Royal University Hospital. Th...
Devyn Gregoire Aug 19, 2019















