A group in northwest Saskatchewan wants to inject new life and new money into the province’s wild rice industry. Saskatchewan produces over half the wild rice in Canada, but the industry has been stagnant for a number of years and producers are not seeing a big return...
Former La Ronge Ice Wolves Head Coach/GM Shawn Martin. Photo courtesy of facebook.com Late on Sunday evening, the La Ronge Ice Wolves Board of Directors relieved Head Coach and GM Shawn Martin of his duties. “Looking over the season a little bit, the board felt...
Georgina Jolibois stands in Parliament on Oct. 17 to ask questions about the provision of disaster assistance in remote communities in the event of wildfires, flooding and other disasters. Still frame from video on Facebook, Georgina Jolibois, MP...
Gail McCrimmon, second from left, is one of the 2016 Touchdown for Dreams recipients. Photo courtesy Cameco. Cameco Touchdown for Dreams recipient Gail McCrimmon doesn’t get emotional when talking about what it’s like living with Stage 4 colon cancer, but it’s hard...
Husky oil stock photo from husky.ca website. Some major questions remain unanswered after Husky Energy submitted its second report to the province in relation to the July 20 oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River. The cause of the spill, estimated at about...
Prince Albert RCMP detachment. Photo courtesy www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca A band councillor from Muskoday is still reeling after stumbling upon a dead body earlier this week. It’s a death that RCMP are deeming non-suspicious. On Wednesday, Randy Bear was checking out tire...
Georgina Jolibois speaking at a press event in Saskatoon Friday morning. Photo by Joel Willick. The federal NDP is calling on the Trudeau government to invest more in Indigenous mental health across Canada. Today, federal NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Charlie Angus...
Stabilization unit at the Lighthouse. Photo courtesy lighthousesaskatoon.org Organizers of a rally in Saskatoon this weekend hope their efforts will help the government change its mind over funding cuts to the Lighthouse living centre. Recently, the government...
A photo from last year’s event. Courtesy Twitter @Unifordeej People in Saskatoon will attempt to form a human chain across the Broadway Bridge this weekend to raise awareness about poverty. Hundreds are expected for the Hands Across the Bridge event, which has...
Some of the posts on NORTEP/NORPAC’s Facebook page. Collage created by Chelsea Laskowski Dozens of northern Saskatchewan residents are donning their NORTEP and NORPAC gear and dusting off their cap and gown photos, in a Facebook bid to show the programs have...
