Several tourism awards were handed out in Regina Thursday night with a few Indigenous organizations honoured for their contributions. The Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence Gala is the province’s largest gathering of tourism operators, representatives and...
The residents of Fond du Lac will have to wait at least another year for possible upgrades to their airstrip. The government confirms it is in the early stages of conducting an engineering report on the runway and securing federal dollars to make the project possible....
The day after the Saskatchewan Party tabled its spring budget, which included $11.4 million in new funding for mental health supports and services, a petition signed by northern residents is calling on the government to invest more money into mental health and...
The Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association annual convention began yesterday with Youth Day at the JRMCC in La Ronge. The day featured a number of information sessions and displays set up in the gymnasium featuring traps, snares and other tools of the trade....
An investigation is underway after a person died in custody this week at the Meadow Lake RCMP detachment. On Tuesday morning shortly before 6 a.m., an adult male was found unresponsive in the cell area. Police say EMS was called and the 25-year-old man from Meadow...
Warren Kaeding, the minister of Government Relations, First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs, is guaranteeing better forest fire response efforts for the North this year than in 2017. The government was criticized for what many, especially in the Peter Ballantyne...
A northern Saskatchewan gold mine continues to produce record numbers. According to the company that owns Seabee gold mine, they are currently seeing record numbers come out of the operation. SSR Mining says the mine had record production in 2017 and the records...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says yesterday’s provincial budget made some good investments, but is a move in the wrong direction for First Nations. In a media release, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron says he was glad to see investments in health,...
Volunteers with the La Ronge Regional Fire Department were kept busy last night attending to a house fire. The blaze in Air Ronge was reported shortly after 10 p.m. Officials say the structure was completely engulfed and the house was completely destroyed. There were...
As the province continues to reel from the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash, one woman is hoping the recording of a tribute song can bring healing. Sheryl Kimbley is organizing a group of musicians to record a modified version of the Rod Stewart song “Forever Young”...
