Piapot First Nation. Photo courtesy of piapotfn.ca The band council on the Piapot First Nation, about 45 kilometres northeast of Regina, is following the lead set by youth on the First Nation. The junior chief and council presented the band council with a resolution...
Amber Merriman. Photo courtesy of Facebook. La Ronge’s Amber Merriman will be playing football this season for the Saskatoon Valkyries of the Western Women’s Canadian Football League. Merriman will be playing on the offensive line. Amber admits, she’s excited to start...
Elbow Mayor Rob Hundeby and FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron sign MOU. Photo by Dean Bear. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the town of Elbow are encouraging Saskatchewan’s municipalities to continue the journey to reconciliation. The FSIN and the town of...
Corey O’Soup. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Saskatchewan’s new Child and Youth Advocate has released his first report, saying his number one priority is to develop positive relationships with First Nations and Metis partners and reduce the number of Aboriginal...
Jordan Bedard, centre, with his siblings and mother in Dec. 2014. Photo submitted by Pauline Bedard. A guilty plea has been entered for the July 2016 killing of a Sandy Bay man. The manslaughter plea by 20-year-old Brett Napoleon Michel was entered in April, in...
Victim Antoine Custer. Photo courtesy Facebook. A guilty plea has been entered in relation to a Pelican Narrows man’s death in November of 2015. Johnston Linklater was arrested for second-degree murder of Antoine Custer in the days following the 26-year-old...
RCMP logo. File photo. Suspended Key First Nation councillor Clarence Papequash received a one-year prison sentence for possession of codeine and prohibited ammunition. The Monday sentencing in Yorkton court came after Papequash, 64, entered guilty pleas in March for...
Children at the youth day of the NSTA Convention in La Ronge. Photo courtesy Northern Saskatchewan Trapper’s Assocation, Facebook. Northern Saskatchewan trappers wrapped up their three-day annual convention in La Ronge with four resolutions. One of them involves the...
Ted Nolan. Photo courtesy of Dean Bear. Former NHL Coach of the Year Ted Nolan says if the right coaching job comes up, he would definitely entertain offers from prospective NHL teams. Nolan was the keynote speaker in a morning forum at the U of S with university...
Steve McLellan, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. After months of public consultations, a group of five business organizations has released a report that looks at long-term prosperity for the province by making changes...
