A suspect in an attempted murder in La Ronge makes his first court appearance today. Elias Ballantyne is facing several charges following a stabbing in the northern community last Thursday evening. Local Mounties responding to a complaint found a 50-year-old man...
***UPDATE – RCMP have charged 32-year-old Curtis Brian Black of Prince Albert with several offences, including aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Black will be making his first court appearance in Melfort on Tuesday. The...
A First Nations University business major says it is tough being an indigenous student at most university campuses, but is aiming to change that by taking part in a national student summit in Toronto. Larissa Wahooseyan will be at the Racialized and Indigenous...
Cindy Blackstock speaks in Saskatoon on Friday. Photo courtesy @VivianGauvin, Twitter A First Nations child welfare activist says more action is needed for First Nations children across the country. In late January the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled the federal...
Justice Murray Sinclair with Justin Trudeau at December’s Truth and Reconciliation event. Photo courtesy NCTR, Twitter Former TRC Commissioner Justice Murray Sinclair is humbly accepting a senate appointment. The upcoming appointments of seven new senators were...
The Think Indigenous Education Conference continued in Saskatoon on Thursday. Nearly 600 educators gathered in the city to experience a wide range of topics surrounding Indigenous education. The three day conference officially kicked off Wednesday at the Saskatoon...
Concerned citizens brought ideas about how to prevent crime to a public meeting last night in La Ronge hosted by the La Ronge Anti-Crime Task Force. Victims like Hugh Watt shared personal stories about how crime is impacting them in the La Ronge area. “Over the...
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is worried the Liberal government will drop its plans to inject $2.6 billion into First Nations education. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron says he’s been informed the government may not have the money. He says it has to do with...
Prince Albert Police are looking back at how last year’s crime is affecting this year’s priorities. A Wednesday news conference on Prince Albert’s crime statistics revealed that reported crime jumped 11.2 per cent from 2014 to 2015. The numbers may not lie but Police...
A group of about 40 Sturgeon Lake council supporters on Friday. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Sturgeon Lake will likely be sending off two different sets of band election results to Indigenous Affairs this month, because two separate factions are holding their own...
