Northern expectant mothers will have to continue to drive longer to either Prince Albert or The Pas to deliver their babies. This has been the normal since November when the Flin Flon hospital stopped the regular service as it no longer had an obstetrician available...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is once again calling on the Saskatchewan government to end the controversial practice of birth alerts. The FSIN says birth alerts are primarily used against vulnerable, marginalized and often First Nations women. The...
Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty has been named as the first honourary patron of the Victoria Hospital Foundation in Prince Albert. Mirasty will serve as an ambassador for the foundation in his new role in the hopes of increasing financial donations....
The La Ronge Ice Wolves dropped a 6-4 decision to the Melfort Mustangs on Tuesday at the Mel Hegland Uniplex. “I thought we were pressuring them, I thought we were being physical, we were establishing the forecheck,” said Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Kevin Kaminski. ...
A woman from Prince Albert will be featured on a TV show that challenges stereotypes about Indigenous people. Laurianne Bencharski, a former corrections officer, is on the second season of First Contact. Season two of the show follows six non-Indigenous Canadians as...
MC College in Saskatoon is apologizing to its First Nations students and clients, after an instructor made derogatory comments, which the screenshots were shared on social media. The school for make-up, hair and fashion has suspended Chelsea Kowalchuck without pay...
Various stakeholders were in Prince Albert last week for a meeting on the city’s drug problem. Representatives from the RCMP, Métis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan and the city’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods unit were on hand for the meeting hosted by the...
The University of Saskatchewan celebrated the official sign unveiling of its new Prince Albert campus Monday morning. The new campus, located on the corner of 11th Street East and Central Avenue, is slated to open in the fall of 2020. U of S President Peter Stoicheff...
An amateur baker from the Okanese First Nation will be the only Indigenous contestant on this year’s Great Canadian Baking Show. Jodi Robson learned to bake at a young age, watching her Kokum bake various delights. She said learning to make sweet fry-bread, started...
Thirty-five golfers hit the links Sunday in La Ronge for a junior golf tournament at Eagle Point Resort. The event featured a beginners division, collegiate division and a junior open division. “In the beginners division, there is no score kept, it’s just nine holes....
