Pinehouse RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on an inmate who escaped from the Besnard Lake Correctional Facility. It’s believed 30-year-old Randy Timothy Venne left the facility Saturday evening. He was seen on Highway 165 and may have headed to La...
Regina police are asking for the public’s assistance locating an Indigenous teen who was one of two victims in an alleged kidnapping Thursday afternoon. Police say the 17-year-old male and another male were abducted at gunpoint and forced into a blue four-door sedan...
A controversial road project in west-central Saskatchewan has been put on hold. In recent days, local First Nations have been lobbying the government to halt construction of an eight-mile gravel road, west of Biggar and about 150 kilometres from Saskatoon, because of...
Meadow Lake RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance locating two male suspects in relation to a shooting incident Thursday morning. Police were called to a local residence around 2:30 a.m. after receiving a report of two men entering a home and assaulting and...
A teacher and students from Cumberland House have put together a book, which will be used as a curriculum resource in Saskatchewan schools. Muskrats and Fire was written by Renée Carrière, who was assisted by students at Charlebois Community School to produce the...
Agriculture Canada has introduced an incentive program with hopes of uniting young people and the agriculture sector. Funded by the federal government, the price tag of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Youth Employment and Skills Program rings in at $3.75 million....
The province has appointed a new person to oversee an independent inquiry and audit of the Northern Village of Pinehouse. Retired court judge William Vancise takes over from Neil Robertson who was appointed to Court of Queen’s of Bench last month. The Saskatchewan...
Last Friday, the La Ronge Ice Wolves selected forward Mason Bueckert first overall at the 2019 SJHL Bantam Draft in Nipawin. Bueckert is a Saskatoon, SK product and says he was in class when he heard the news. “I was actually at school, I was in math (class) and my...
A Saskatchewan anti-racism organization is calling on Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale to investigate after an Indigenous man died at the Saskatoon Regional Psychiatric Centre last month. The Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism is alleging 32-year-old...
The rehearsals are complete, the stage is set, and the kids probably have butterflies in their stomachs ahead of Thursday’s annual Cree Language Festival. The festival is hosted by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band education board and is in its 20th year. Students from the...
