For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Louis Riel Relay returns to Saskatchewan. This weekend, Batoche will be the host of the 2016 edition of the event. The relay was a staple in the province in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Event planner Carissa Robb says the...
Brad Wall and Mayor Kevin Janvier visit the headstone and gravesite of Marie Janvier. Photo courtesy Brad Wall, Facebook There are certain days in a person’s life, where everything that happened before or will happen after is separated by that day. In La Loche,...
A five-year-old boy has died following a suspected hit and run in Big River on Wednesday night. RCMP say the child was riding his bike when he was struck by a vehicle shortly after 9:00 pm. The boy was transported to hospital, where he was pronounced deceased....
A photo of Colten Boushie. Courtesy Facebook. People are planning to gather outside a courthouse in North Battleford Thursday, as the man accused in the murder of Colten Boushie is scheduled for an appearance. The 22-year-old Red Pheasant First Nation man was shot and...
SOAR recipient Rich Francis speaking with SREDA president Alex Fallon. Photo courtesy of Joel Willick. A Saskatoon economic development firm unveiled two recipients of a new Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Support Program this morning. Earlier this month, the Saskatoon...
On Tuesday, the premier and a contingent of cabinet ministers were in La Loche to announce more than a million dollars in initiatives for the northern community. The initiatives span seven different ministries and include $467,000 of provincial dollars towards a...
The federal government has formally apologized for the forced relocation of a First Nations community in northern Manitoba 60 years ago. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett visited the Sayisi Dene First Nation on Tuesday and apologized for the...
Gilles Dorval speaking at an event on the WIBF in Saskatoon on Tuesday morning In one week up to a thousand Indigenous and non-Indigenous business leaders from around the globe will be in Saskatoon. The delegates are in the city for the first ever World Indigenous...
A group representing the Idle No More movement says they are holding their own individual assessment of the husky oil spill. Last month 250,000 litres of oil spilled into the North Saskatchewan River and the clean-up efforts continue. Right now the Water Security...
One of the water pipelines snakes towards Prince Albert’s water treatment plant. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Husky Energy has filled a City of Prince Albert bank account with $5 million, related to the costs incurred since late July’s oil spill in the North...
