The company working to set up a marijuana retail outlet in La Ronge says it wants input from Indigenous people. Aura Cannabis was granted a permit for the town and hopes to have a store open by this fall. Executive Vice-President Andrew Gordon says the company is in...
Young adults from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will have the opportunity to be immersed in traditional language and culture as part of a new camp this summer. The Adult Cree Immersion Camp runs for five days in late August at Youth Haven on Big Stone Lake. LLRIB Cree...
The Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s Council is holding its 14th annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk this morning. The walk raises awareness about the men and women who have gone missing or have died due to violence. “We started 14 years ago...
The Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools released plans for a new fitness and wellness academy at E.D. Feehan Catholic High School today. The miyo machihowin Academy (Cree for healthy living) is for First Nations students and complements...
An 18-year-old La Ronge man is facing armed robbery, weapons and forcible confinement charges. RCMP say they arrested Zachary Charles at a home on the Lac La Ronge Indian Reserve without incident Tuesday morning. Charles will appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on...
The RCMP says its Major Crimes Unit North and Its Black Lake detachment are investigating a recent suspicious death as a homicide. The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Brandy Robillard of Black Lake. Police say the death was reported Sunday afternoon....
Consultations will begin soon by the federal government on how to best address concerns related to band membership, registration and citizenship. Indigenous and Northern Affairs has appointed Claudette Dumont-Smith as the minister’s special representative to...
Clarence Papequash is the new chief of the Key First Nation, following a court-ordered election Monday. Papequash defeated two other challengers for the top job. In March, a federal court vacated the 2016 election results, ruling there was corruptive practices with...
Exactly six months after a plane crash in Fond-du-Lac, victims and their families gathered for a healing event Wednesday. The twin-engine West Wind Aviation plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Dec. 13, 2017. Nine people were seriously hurt and one person later died...
Shellbrook RCMP made an arrest Tuesday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery earlier this spring. Twenty-nine-year-old Matthew Lafond faces a number of charges including armed robbery. He is due to appear in provincial court on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation on...
