A Métis leader in northwest Saskatchewan is calling on the provincial government to implement a moratorium on forestry in the area until issues with consultation and caribou habitat can be resolved. Vince Natomagan, the executive director at Kineepik Metis Local Inc.,...
Shellbrook RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing man. Police say 32-year-old Elvis Gilbert Bird from Big River First Nation was last seen in the village area of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation last Friday around 1:00 p.m. Bird is an Indigenous male,...
The Take Home Naloxone program is expanding to provide residents who may witness an overdose with the free — potentially life-saving antidote. Naloxone, if administered properly, can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The most common opioid killing...
Can La Loche defend its dubious title of having Saskatchewan’s worst road? The Canadian Automobile Association is conducting its annual online survey until May 6, asking the public to nominate what they consider to be a bad road. Last year, Highway 155 took the title,...
Hundreds of volunteers will be working throughout the province’s three biggest cities today counting the number of people experiencing homelessness. The Point-in-Time Homelessness Count is one-day data collection conducted every few years to provide a snapshot...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the Saskatchewan government has a duty to consult First Nations, in drafting legislation which would limit the export of oil and gas products to British Columbia. Premier Scott Moe says legislation restricting export...
Elderly northern fur trappers will not be seeing free licenses from the Saskatchewan government, despite advocating for this through a legislative petition. Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette tabled a petition Monday, requesting the government provide a trapping license...
Two Saskatchewan professors have joined an international network of scholars in hopes to bring Indigenous knowledge into discussions of biodiversity and sustainability. Maureen Reed and James Robson are professors from the School of Environment and Sustainability at...
The federal Liberals recreational marijuana legislation was under the microscope Tuesday, as senators of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples are examining Bill C-45 and how its impacts would affect First Nations communities. The government is looking to...
It appears the legal saga of Gerald Stanley may be over. Stanley pleaded guilty to improperly storing firearms at a North Battleford courtroom Monday afternoon. The Biggar area farmer now faces a $3,000 fine and a 10-year weapons ban. Stanley must also forfeit any...
