TRC Hearings Continue In Southern Saskatchewan

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission continued hearings in Fort Qu’Appelle on Tuesday. Residential School Survivors shared more stories with one another about their experiences inside the institutions. Marilyn Keepness says she and her siblings never knew...

Mining Company Donates Fire-Truck

Cameco has donated a fire-truck to Beauval. The truck used to reside at the Key Lake mine, and was scheduled to be phased out due to some routine upgrades. The 1982 IHC unit is in good working shape though, and a worker at the mine suggested to the company that...

Weather Likely Not A Main Factor In Plane Crash: TSB

Weather conditions don’t seem to have been the reason for a mid-air plane crash that killed five people on Saturday. The crash occurred at about 8:30 Saturday morning near St. Brieux, about 170 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. Transportation Safety Board Spokesman...

Former Guard Receives Sentence For Hit-And-Run

A former jail guard has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for running over and killing a young aboriginal girl in Prince Albert. 45 year-old Leslie Samoleski stared downward while a family member of the victim gasped out loud as the sentence was delivered...

RCMP Search For Alleged Armed Robber

  RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who allegedly robbed a La Loche store at knife-point. The incident happened on the evening of May 8. Two men, all dressed in black, robbed Reg’s Store in La Loche. During the robbery they threatened the...

TRC Begins Proceedings In Fort Qu’Appelle

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has begun hearing testimony from Residential School Survivors in the Fort Qu’Appelle area. The Treaty Four Governance Centre is the setting for the event which runs through today and tomorrow. Colin Starblanket is a youth...

Wollaston Residents Advised To Boil Their Water

A precautionary drinking water advisory remains in effect for the community of Wollaston Lake. Saskatchewan Environment’s Andy Busse explains the advisory will be lifted once they get some tests back: “The advisory was issued again only to the northern...

Plane Bound For La Ronge Goes Down

Transportation Safety Board investigators are on their way to the scene of Saturday’s midair collision in northern Saskatchewan that killed five people. A Piper PA-28 and a Lake Buccaneer amphibious plane somehow came into contact with each other near St....