The Provincial Capital Commission says it is being forced to move some of its Canada Day activities at Regina’s Wascana Park because of an ongoing Indigenous protest there. Several teepees have been erected since protesters with the Justice for Our Stolen...
Health officials are encouraging residents to get a free HIV test today. Statistics indicate that since 1985, approximately 2,100 residents have been infected, with three quarters being from the Indigenous population. Sixty per cent of infections are caused through...
Coreen Sayazie will once again serve as the chief of the Black Lake Denesuline Nation. According to a spokesperson at the Black Lake band office, Sayazie, who is the first female chief of the First Nation, was re-elected to a second two-year term yesterday. John...
The Saskatchewan and federal governments are investing $4.2 million in new housing options for victims of domestic violence. One-point-eight million is going to the Piwapan Women’s Centre and Sapohtewan House in La Ronge, with that project being a new build. Public...
Residents from the northern Saskatchewan community of Southend were returning to their homes Tuesday. About 950 people were forced from their homes June 19 due to a wildfire burning about 15 kilometres south of the community. However, the general evacuation order for...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the provincial government wants the Supreme Court to rule on a hunting case against an Indigenous man from Manitoba. In April, the provincial appeals court upheld a 2015 not guilty decision for Kristjan Pierone from...
The protesters for the Justice for Our Stolen Children camp will formally meet with several provincial government ministers July 2 in Fort Qu’Appelle. Camp spokesperson Robyn Pitawanakwat says Chief Edmund Bellegarde of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council...
Meadow Lake will have a junior hockey team to call its own this upcoming season. The Meadow Lake Mustangs will be playing in the Western Provinces Hockey Association, a new league, which bills itself as Junior “A” hockey. Meadow Lake’s Jason...
A general evacuation order for the northern Saskatchewan community of Southend has been lifted. The evacuation order had been in place since last week due to a nearby wildfire. About 579 residents had been evacuated to Prince Albert, Saskatoon and La Ronge. The...
A La Ronge taxicab company is considering revising its hours of operation after one of its drivers was threatened with armed robbery over the weekend. Vi Werchola owns L.A. Family Taxi. She says one of the company’s drivers was responding to a fare on the Lac La Ronge...
