Second Suspect Arrested In 2010 Uranium City Fatal Fire

by | Jul 14, 2014

A second arrest has been made in the case of a fatal fire near Uranium City four years ago. Thirty-year-old B.C. resident Christopher Champagne was arrested July 5 on Vancouver Island after a warrant was issued for his arrest on two counts of manslaughter. Champagne...

Ledoux Set To Go To Trial Next Spring

by | Jul 14, 2014

A man charged after gunshots were fired on Mistawasis First Nation last fall is set to go to trial next spring. In September 2013, 52-year-old David Ledoux was arrested after a fight broke out at a home on the reserve. Ledoux is accused of shooting at a pickup with...

Aboriginal Youth Learn Leadership Skills At Saskatoon Camp

by | Jul 14, 2014

An Aboriginal youth leadership camp wound up Sunday afternoon in Saskatoon. The five-day camp was put on by Next Up and included 11 participants from all over Saskatchewan. Next Up facilitator Max Fine Day says the goal of the camp is to teach activist skills so First...

New On-Reserve RCMP Office Opened At Cochin

by | Jul 11, 2014

An agreement between the Saulteaux and Moosomin First Nations and Battlefords RCMP has resulted in a new police office being opened. The office is located on the Saulteaux reserve in the north end of the village of Cochin and provides community policing services....

Nine Sask First Nations Declare Local States Of Emergency

by | Jul 10, 2014

There are now nine Saskatchewan First Nations that have declared local states of emergency due to flooding. Muskowekwan, Sakimay and Carry the Kettle First Nations are the most recent communities to declare states of emergency. The three have been added to Star...

SGEU Says Provincial Jails In Crisis Situation

by | Jul 10, 2014

The president of the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union says over crowding, understaffing and increasing gang violence is creating a crisis situation at provincial correctional facilities. SGEU President Bob Bymoen says a government decision to put...