A fifth person is facing charges in a fatal riot at Prince Albert’s Saskatchewan Penitentiary in December 2016. 27-year-old Sundance Okemaysim is charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder. Police say Okemaysim was an inmate at the Penitentiary at the time...
Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system will be the topic of discussion at a Prince Albert seminar next week. The Gladue Awareness Project seminar will take place July 3-4 at the Government of Saskatchewan Building on Central Avenue. Michelle...
Four Pinehouse residents are facing drug possession charges after a recent RCMP investigation. Pinehouse RCMP say they made the arrests the afternoon of June 20. Dalton Hansen, Donovan J. Misponas, Kenneth G. Misponas and Cordarryl J. Smith are all facing a charge of...
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the entire Canadian judicial system needs to be overhauled following three acquittal verdicts in murder cases involving First Nations victims this year. He says these verdicts tell the First Nations...
Just days before a planned meeting between the protesters at the Justice for Our Stolen Children camp at Wascana Park and five Sasatchewan government ministers, Premier Scott Moe called the camp illegal and stated that he is in support of Regina police enforcing...
A group bringing soccer to the La Ronge area made a presentation last night to La Ronge town council. Autumn Carlson is with the Lac La Ronge Tri-Community Soccer Association, she says youth soccer will begin this summer. “We will be starting August 27 – that week and...
The La Ronge Arts Council is gearing up for another summer of events which will include music, painting and culture. The Arts Council made a presentation to La Ronge town council Wednesday evening, looking for ways the town can be involved in the various projects...
Police have stayed charges against two males arrested in relation to the armed robbery of a La Ronge business on June 9. Eighteen-year-old Zachary Charles and a 16-year-old male were charged with a number of offences, including robbery with a restricted firearm,...
The Sask. government has paid the University of Regina $109,000 to provide an economic analysis on a carbon tax in the province. The study itself, according to Environment Minister Dustin Duncan, was based on the economy of the entire province and did not breakdown...
Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth is calling on the provincial government to address the high rates of Indigenous youth incarceration in the province. Corey O’Soup points to a recent Statistics Canada report that finds 92 per cent of male youth and 98 per...
