It is going to take time and money, but there is a firm commitment from the Indigenous Affairs department to turn over child and family services to First Nations and Metis communities. The promise was made at the end of a two-day summit in Ottawa involving dozens of...
Police are currently looking for 21-year-old Rueben Ratt of Pelican Narrows, as he allegedly stabbed a man in the community on Wednesday. RCMP believe Ratt may be the attacker of a 21-year-old man they found to be suffering from apparent stab wounds, around 4 am. The...
The temporary layoffs that were announced in November, have begun to take effect on two Cameco sites in northern Saskatchewan. Approximately 845 workers at the two operations will be without work for ten months until the sites are scheduled to reopen. Duncan Gardiner...
Saskatoon Public schools is celebrating a record number of students taking part in their Indigenous arts program. The 10-week program began in 2014 and offers lessons on art, dance, and song to students. Lessons in the course are designed to provide education on...
Plans for the year were laid out at the Art Hauser Centre today for Prince Albert Mayor, Greg Dionne’s, State of the City Address. The speech was the highlight of a lunch put on by the Prince Albert chamber of commerce. Topics covered by Dionne included upcoming...
An Alberta contractor, who has made his millions playing in the sand, wants to take his expertise to the La Ronge area where he plans to open a silica pit mine that could inject $5 billion into the local economy and generate more than a 1,000 jobs. Camilo Garcia is...
Despite announcing his retirement this past summer, pro MMA fighter Devon Smith of La Ronge is getting back into the octagon next month. Smith is scheduled to square off with Tyler Weran out of Saskatoon in a light-heavyweight bout at a Modern Fighting Championship...
The First Nations Bank of Canada says a partnership with Affinity Credit Union will spread services to Indigenous people across the province. Officials with the FNBC say the deal will make their institution more competitive. “We do see this opportunity as...
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall likened himself to an old rock star on his farewell tour, as he headed into his last cabinet meeting at the Legislative Building this morning. This weekend, the party will select a new leader from a field of five candidates. The premier...
A class-action lawsuit is being filed today, seeking unspecified damages against West Wind Aviation and its major shareholder, Athabasca Basin Development, for the December 13 crash of a West Wind passenger plane in Fond du Lac. The suit is being filed by the Merchant...
