La Ronge RCMP has determined social media reports of an abduction in Sucker River were unfounded. RCMP say they were made aware of online posts alleging an attempted abduction in the community on Monday morning. No complaints were filed on the alleged incident. The...
Shellbrook RCMP arrested three men on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Items seized during a search warrant of a local residence include a firearm, two pellet guns, multiple rounds of ammunition, an undefined amount of cocaine and...
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is reporting over $252 million in revenue for the 2017-18 year. Net earnings of were approximately $84.5 million. The SIGA says it invested more than $1.25 million into more than 500 local organizations last year. The...
A man and woman luckily escaped serious injury after being attacked by a black bear in the Meadow Lake Provincial Park on the weekend. Environment officials say the two were camping near Jeanotte Lake when the attack occurred around 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning. They were...
An Indigenous protester group, which established a camp on the Wascana grounds across from the legislature more than 100 days ago, is extending a formal invitation with government officials. The organizer of the camp, Prescott Demas, says he wants to meet with Social...
Strengthening Indigenous voices in art and media is the goal of a conference at Wanuskewin Heritage Park this week. Over 100 people are expected for the three-day National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition gathering (NIMAC). The conference is put in through a...
Very few details have been provided into the death of a 24-year-old woman in the Black Lake First Nation over the weekend. Police say a sudden death was reported to them at around 5:30 p.m. this past Sunday. Investigators are treating the death as suspicious and Black...
“I stand before you today to offer an apology to former students of Indian residential schools. The treatment of children in these schools is a sad chapter in our history. For more than a century, Indian residential schools separated over 150,000 aboriginal children...
The owner of a new passenger shuttle service from La Ronge to Prince Albert is taking bookings and hopes to begin operations next week. Vi Werchola is the owner of L.A. Family Taxi in La Ronge and is behind L.A. Family Shuttle. She says for several months, people have...
About 250 people took in a three-day meeting in the northwest hosted by Métis Nation – Saskatchewan this past weekend. The regional meeting was held from Friday until Sunday at the South Bay War Veterans Park between Beauval and Ile-a-la-Crosse. Northern Area...
