The Prince Albert Police Service is among the many law enforcement agencies willing to accept guns, this next month, with no questions asked. Police agencies across the province are planning a province-wide gun amnesty in March. They hope this initiative will help...
Husky Energy is facing charges in connection to the 2016 oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River. Husky’s pipeline failed in July of that year, which leaked oil into the river for several hours before being shut down. Many communities downstream were greatly...
After many years of work, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band hosted an event to recognize role models from the community on Saturday night at the JRMCC. The award recipients of the Proud to be Woodland Cree event were divided into youth, community and career categories and...
It has been nearly two months since over 800 people were left without work at Cameco’s Key Lake mine and McArthur River operations. After a downturn in the uranium market, Cameco announced they would be temporarily halting the northern operations. Over 800...
Speaker and performer, Robb Nash, travelled to Black Lake on Friday to reach out to youth on the topics of combatting depression and suicide prevention. Students and members of the community gathered in the gymnasium of the Father Porte Memorial School to hear Nash...
A 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of La Ronge restaurant owner Simon Grant has been given the maximum youth sentence of three years in custody. The youth, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was scheduled to...
“They are trying to make money off the death of my nephew.” Those were the comments by Alvin Baptiste in response to a book deal that is currently being pitched by representatives of Gerald Stanley. Last month, Stanley was acquitted in the shooting death of...
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies has begun a partnership with the City of Saskatoon to create better opportunities for Indigenous students and workers. The two groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the matter in Saskatoon Friday morning. SIIT...
A new children’s book currently being distributed across northern Saskatchewan will be published in three Aboriginal languages common in the north. The book Are You Hungry? is by author Calyn Stange, a Metis dietitian with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The...
Prince Albert police are reporting three incidents of youth in the city being approached by suspicious vehicles in recent weeks. The first incident took place just after 8 p.m. on March 12 in the 3000 Block of 6th Avenue East. Police say the male, described as a white...
