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

An end to construction work on entrance at St. Paul’s Hospital is in sight
Patient flow, increasing visitor and patient access needs and safety considerations were all behind a new entranceway for St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon. St. Paul’s launched a new brand ...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2025

Overdose alerts for Saskatchewan’s two largest cities
Another overdose alert, this time Saskatoon, after the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health issued an overdose alert earlier in the day Wednesday for Regina. The Ministry says the Saskatoon Fire Department...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 20, 2025

Conexus Credit Union survey finds people save for travel in fall
Conexus Credit Union recently conducted a survey asking members about their fall savings priorities. The survey found that 34 per cent of respondents had travel and vacations as one of their top money...
Lane Hoffart Nov 19, 2025

Saskatoon budget agenda unveiled, property taxes could be lower than originally expected
Saskatoon’s administration says increases in assessment growth revenue mean 2026/2027 property tax increases will be lower than previously projected. Preliminary numbers forecast a property tax ...
Keira Miller Nov 19, 2025

“These kinds of shifts definitely put ownership further out of reach”: SRHBA raises concerns over new Building Schools Faster Act
The Home Builders’ Associations of Saskatoon and Regina are concerned about the introduction of the Province’s new Building Schools Faster Act. CEO of the Saskatoon & Region Home Build...
Keira Miller Nov 19, 2025

Meadow Lake Tribal Council demands urgent action in improving community safety
First Nations leaders are calling on both the federal and provincial governments to provide policing to First Nations communities in northern Saskatchewan. Richard DeRocher, Cree Vice Chief of the Mea...
Lane Hoffart Nov 19, 2025

Portion of funds from Enchanted Forest going to the bear display at the Saskatoon Zoo which may include polar bears in its future
Fresh snow is offering a beautiful backdrop to the BHP Enchanted Forest which opened to vehicle tours last weekend. Proceeds from the light display go to the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation and Saskatoon Cit...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 19, 2025

Former Battlefords MLA passes away
Flags are flying at half-mast at the Saskatchewan Legislature in honour of Herb Cox, a Sask. Party MLA who represented the Battlefords constituency for nine years. Cox was first elected in 2011 and wa...
Neil Billinger Nov 18, 2025
Business community brings its concerns to Mayor Block during Q&A luncheon
At question-and-answer luncheon Tuesday morning, Saskatoon's business community thanked the mayor for hosting a first-of-its-kind business forum earlier this month. The NSBA welcomed Cynthia Block to ...
Keira Miller Nov 18, 2025

Five people have now been arrested in connection to Saskatoon’s 15th homicide of 2024
Police have arrested and charged two more people in connection to the December 2024 death of 30-year-old Timothy Tootoosis. Two men were arrested in Saskatoon—22-year-old Emmery Aubichon last Fr...
Vanese M. Ferguson Nov 18, 2025

















