An Alberta-based charitable organization, that offers cross-country ski programs for Indigenous youth, has expanded to northern Saskatchewan. Spirit North is now offering programs at Chief Mistawasis School in the Mistawasis First Nation, Senator Allen Bird Memorial...
Approximately 40 people in Saskatchewan are on a waiting list for a Type O blood kidney. This number includes a 25-year-old woman originally from Wollaston Lake. Ronelda Robillard was diagnosed with kidney disease in January 2017 and has been on dialysis ever since....
Saskatchewan Senator Lillian Dyck is praising a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Committee which says section 6.1 of the Indian Act discriminates against descendants of First Nation women who married out. “This decision is important in that it clearly explains how...
The Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race continues through northern Saskatchewan today. The eight-dog winner has been crowned. Jerry Joinson of Tagish, YT came across the line first. Jillian Lawton of Rocky Mountain House, AB finished in second place....
The La Ronge Ice Wolves started a three-game swing with a 9-3 loss in Yorkton on Wednesday night. The Ice Wolves and Terriers exchanged glorious scoring opportunities in the first, but the Terriers led 1-0 through 20. Quinten Hobbs scored the period’s only goal 9:14...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have made a major change behind the bench. Late Wednesday night following their game in Yorkton, the Ice Wolves announced that they will not renew the contract of Evan Vossen, who spent parts of three seasons as the team’s head coach and...
While Parliament Hill continues to buzz over a potential scandal involving the government, an Indigenous MP and speculation of political inference on legal matters for SNC Lavalin, the National Chief of the Assembly is distancing himself from the controversy, saying...
The 2019 Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race kicked off Tuesday north of Prince Albert. There are 17 teams registered this year in the 12, eight and six dog open races. Race president Stefaan DeMarie says between -15 and -20 degrees Celsius are the ideal temperatures for...
A Prince Albert lawyer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for defrauding the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement of close to $35,000. Kristian Eggum knowingly submitted $233,000 in false claims to the settlement agreement between 2006 and 2012. His take...
A provincial court judge has ruled a mistrial for a Deschambault Lake man accused of assaulting police officers last April. Chadwick Andrew Custer was arrested by two RCMP officers in that community on a disturbance complaint. During the arrest, it’s alleged that...
