The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is urging the Premier not to raise taxes and to invest more in the North, even though the next Saskatchewan budget is expected to be a tight one. That message was delivered in Regina Thursday night during a closed-door meeting with...
A federal government mediator will try to find some common ground between two political factions that have the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan on the brink of collapse. On Saturday in Saskatoon, the Provincial Metis Council (PMC) for the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S)...
Cowan’s family members hold a framed photo of him. Photo courtesy Facebook. The first murder victim in Prince Albert in 2016 will be laid to rest on Friday. Nearly a week earlier, on Jan. 9, police found Jonathan Lee Cowan, 23, dead after a reported shooting in...
This week, the provincial group for aboriginal friendship centres is recognizing Elders in Prince Albert. The respected members of the urban aboriginal community were invited to a banquet in their honour, which was hosted by the Aborginal Friendship Centres of...
Campbell Papequash. Photo courtesy Facebook. A man who wrote a book chronicling his time at Indian Residential School who made peace with his culture and traditions after living a life on the streets, has died. Campbell Papequash, former chief of the Key First Nation,...
After three years of operation,the Good Food Junction grocery store in Saskatoon’s inner city has closed its doors. The board of directors of cites low sales and a challenging market as the reasons for the closure. Vice Chair Audra Krueger says the co-operative was...
A media scrum with Police Chief Troy Hagen on Thursday. Photo courtesy @reginapolice on Twitter. Regina’s police chief has apologized to an aboriginal man who was mistaken for a suspected television thief. The Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission (PCC)...
La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki is running for the Saskatchewan Party in the spring election. Photo courtesy Thomas Sierzycki, Facebook. With a spring election on the horizon in Saskatchewan, La Ronge’s mayor has announced a leave of absence. Mayor Thomas...
Some of the aftermath of the northern fires during the summer. Photo courtesy Thomas Sierzycki, @TSierzycki on Twitter Northern fire protection will be a hot topic at the upcoming Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association conference at the end of the month. The...
Photo courtesy Facebook On Wednesday, a jury in Prince Albert took four hours to come up with four recommendations to prevent prison suicides. The recommendations were specifically related to actions that could have prevented the death of Andy Allan Brassard, but are...
