The University of Regina is making a push to graduate more Aboriginal students with a business degree. This morning, it signed an agreement with the First Nations University of Canada and the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies to encourage more students to...
La Ronge RCMP have a youth in custody and are looking for several other suspects following a rash of residential break-ins this past weekend. RCMP say they received “numerous” complaints of residential break and enters in La Ronge. Mounties say several...
The Saskatchewan government is providing funding for the establishment of a new commission to oversee outfitters in the province. The Saskatchewan Outfitters Association will work to develop the commission, and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism Saskatchewan will...
Two addictions services groups in Saskatchewan are scrambling to deal with the loss of $100,000 that they had used to run the province’s Gambling Helpline. Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) used to provide the mobile crisis groups in three cities with...
On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handed out mandate letters providing his cabinet members with direction and orders for their new portfolios. The theme of the letter for the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, is to build a...
There is a lot on the line as members of the Black Lake First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan vote on a $300 million power project on the Fond du Lac River. It has been in the works for years and has already received environmental approval, but band members have the...
La Ronge RCMP confirms it’s investigating the killing of someone’s pet dog on one of the area’s Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserves. The incident was reported to local Mounties late Tuesday afternoon, and Staff Sgt. Richard Price says the complaint came from...
The Mamawetan Churchill River Health region is stepping up its online presence. On Thursday, MCHR launched a new website. The website, http://www.mcrhealth.ca/ lets people know about flu clinics, facility hours, and some community highlights. That includes the...
On Thursday, Leslie Black’s father sat in Prince Albert’s Provincial Court as a judge granted Black a chance to reverse his previously entered guilty pleas for the brutal assault of Marlene Bird. Bird was set on fire, stabbed, and sexually assaulted in Prince Albert’s...
Sturgeon Lake’s stray dog and cat population has officially been dealt with in a humane way. On Wednesday, a group of about volunteers with Canine Action Project (CAP) visited Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation to take on strays or unwanted pets. The first visit late...
