A request for a vote recount in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River came in under the wire. The deadline for judicial recount requests was due within four days of the election results being validated. That means candidates had to apply before Thursday. The campaign...
RCMP confirm a house that burned earlier this week on a La Ronge-area reserve had been the subject of three break-and-enter calls, including one the night of the fire. Local Mounties are treating the early Tuesday morning fire on the Bell’s Point reserve earlier...
Grants to fund specialized policing units in the province have been renewed with the Regina department getting $4.6 million. It is part of the provincial government’s total commitment of $14 million to a number of municipal forces. The money is earmarked to fight...
The commission’s anniversary. Photo courtesy Facebook, Sheryl Kimbley. Prince Albert Grand Council’s Women’s Commission is celebrating its silver anniversary. PAGC created the commission 25 years ago to strengthen the voice of northern women. Montreal...
The lobby of the FSIN Assembly is a colourful mixture of campaign posters and political lobbying The candidates seeking political office with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations made their final public pitches to gain support from hundreds of Chiefs, band...
Former Yellow Quill First Nation Chief Larry Cachene is pondering a legal challenge against the FSIN Credentials Committee. Former Yellow Quill First Nation Chief Larry Cachene is considering taking legal action against the FSIN Credentials Committee. Cachene filed...
Time is running out, but Liberal candidate Lawrence Joseph does not seem to be worried as he waits for word from his campaign team on whether they will apply for a judicial recount. Joseph lost by just 70 votes to the NDP’s Georgina Jolibois in the Northern...
Representatives from five agencies were on hand at the Municipal Wildfire Response Public Forum on Tuesday night. Over 100 people attended the forum in La Ronge last night, and got a detailed look at the emergency response which was put together to deal with wildfires...
A First Nations educator is organizing a Saskatchewan First Nations spelling bee through Spelling Bee of Canada that will make provincial and national history. Poundmaker student support worker Pauline Favel says Spelling Bee of Canada’s nationals in Toronto has never...
It was clear long before all the ballots were counted at Prince Albert Grand Council’s annual assembly that Joseph “Smy” Tsannie would be keeping his seat as Athabasca vice-chief. Tsannie was up against former vice-chief Don Deranger and activist Colleen Whitedeer....
