Three First Nations students off to National Spelling Bee

Three First Nations students off to National Spelling Bee

Photo courtesy of Dean Bear Three students from First Nation community schools in Saskatchewan will be heading to the National Spelling Bee in Toronto in May after Friday’s Provincial First Nation Spelling Bee in Saskatoon. McKenna Fineblanket of Bishop...

Sask. President of Aboriginal Peoples Coalition stepping down

A new president for the Coalition of Aboriginal Peoples in Saskatchewan will be elected this weekend in Saskatoon. Current President, Kim Beaudin, is stepping down after ten years so he can focus more attention on his new role as vice president of the national...
Five days set aside to examine death of Regina Aboriginal woman

Five days set aside to examine death of Regina Aboriginal woman

Delores Stevenson holds a photo of family member Nadine Machiskinic The details of the last minutes of Nadine Machiskinic’s life will be closely examined at an inquest that will begin in Regina on Monday. The 29-year-old Aboriginal woman fell 10 floors down a laundry...
First Nations Spelling Bee

First Nations Spelling Bee

Photo courtesy of First Nations Spelling Bee committee pamphlet Students from 34 schools across the province will be in Saskatoon this morning to take part in the second annual First Nations Spelling Bee. It takes place at the St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Centre...
Opposition MLA gives budget failing grade

Opposition MLA gives budget failing grade

MLA Buckley Belanger. Photo courtesy Facebook. Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger has given the provincial government a failing grade when it comes to Wednesday’s budget. When asked to grade the budget from a teacher’s standpoint, Belanger said “I would simply give it an...
Prince Albert police ID 1st homicide victim of 2017

Prince Albert police ID 1st homicide victim of 2017

Homicide victim Damian Ballantyne. Photo courtesy Facebook. Prince Albert police are revealing the identity of a man killed in the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Damian Ballantyne, 34, was the victim of the city’s first murder of 2017. He was already...
2017 federal budget holds few surprises for Perry Bellegarde

2017 federal budget holds few surprises for Perry Bellegarde

AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde pictured on March 16. Photo courtesy @perrybellegarde, Twitter. The Assembly of First Nations has an overall positive impression of the federal budget that was unveiled on Wednesday, and its leader is not surprised by some new...
Alarms warned of pipeline leak a day before officials acted

Alarms warned of pipeline leak a day before officials acted

Wapiti Valley, Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of Enns Kivin, Facebook. A report into last summer’s Husky oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River reveals the pipeline’s dual alarm leak detection systems were issuing notices of problems prior to the spill, and...