Timber Bay Loses Recreation Centre To Fire

The northern hamlet of Timber Bay has lost the only building it had for community functions to a weekend fire. The Saturday afternoon blaze completely levelled the hamlet’s recreation centre. Mayor Peggy Hennie says she cried all the way home after she got the...

PBCN Members Approve New Election Code

Ten years after the last attempt to amend their election act, members of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation have given their blessing to a new election code. Seventy-six per cent of voters who took part in the band’s ratification vote this past Friday were in...

Concern Growing For Welfare Of Two Missing Regina Women

It has now been more than a week and there is still no sign of two Regina women who were last seen at a home where their 53-year-old roommate was murdered. The body of Ray Yacevich was found in the burned out remains of a home in North Central Regina on March 23. He...

Legal Representation In Place For Suspect In Day School Assaults

A lawyer has been appointed by a court for a former Moosomin First Nation Day School teacher who is accused of indecent assault. Sixty-nine-year-old Morris David Hryniuk faces eight separate charges of indecent assault. They are alleged to have occurred between 1964...

Regina Police Search For House Roommates After Fire Death

Regina police want to talk to a mother and daughter who shared a home with a man who was murdered last weekend. At first, it looked like a death caused by a fire – but an autopsy has determined 53-year-old Ray Yacevich died as a result of foul play. His body was...

Bell Of Batoche Comes To La Ronge

The historic Bell of Batoche will be in La Ronge on Saturday evening for a public viewing. The bell, which was taken from the Métis at the Battle of Batoche in 1885, went missing for a number of years but reappeared at Back to Batoche Days last summer. The historic...

U Of S And SIIT Sign Collaborative Agreement

The University of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies have signed a new agreement to work more closely together to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students. As a result, the two institutions will work collaboratively on...