Ochapowace, Saskatchewan’s Ethan Bear will make his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers tonight when they host the Nashville Predators. The 20-year-old defenceman has recorded 16 points in 34 games this season with the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL. Bear won a...
A Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods unit has been established in Prince Albert. The Prince Albert SCAN unit will be made up of three members. In a release, the government says it will work closely with the Prince Albert police and local community organizations to...
RCMP are looking for a male youth after a firearm was discharged this morning in a Meadow Lake convenience store. No one was injured in the incident that occurred around 5:00 a.m. today. Police believe the discharge may have been an accident. A small calibre rifle was...
The insurance program covering wild rice growers in 2018 will be similar to last year’s program, according to the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation. Premiums for 2018 remain at the same rate as last year, with the exception of 50 per cent coverage in the...
The upcoming municipal and provincial budgets were among the topics of discussion at last night’s meeting of La Ronge town council. The proceedings started off with a presentation by New North CEO Matt Heley who described the initiatives his organization is...
Police in the Battlefords are asking for the public’s assistance in finding 16-year-old Creedon Hotomani. The teenager went missing from the Saskatchewan Hospital shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday. Creedon is described is an Indigenous male, standing at...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said Wednesday it is “dissatisfied” with this week’s federal budget announcement. “We acknowledge and appreciate the areas that the federal government has committed funding to, but we were hoping...
The 2018 Growing Leaders Youth and Family Conference is being hosted by the PAGC and PBCN today and tomorrow at the Prince Albert Inn. The conference is an annual event that focuses on empowering youth in Indigenous communities. Keynote speaker, Tom Thelen, kicked off...
Beauval has earned this year’s title of “Readingest Community” as a part of the Northern Reading Program. They beat out 19 other communities to earn the title. The Northern Reading Program is an annual event that encourages people in northern...
In a federal budget that had one of five chapters entitled “Reconciliation”, the Liberal government today pledged to spend an additional $5 billion over five years for Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The budget document says the new funding will “ensure Indigenous...
