The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 43 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Thursday. The far northeast region reported the most active cases with 32. The northeast had the second highest number of cases with two while the far...
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band says it has a positive case of the COVID-19 variant of concern on one of its La Ronge reserves. The information was released as part of a public service announcement Wednesday and the La Ronge band says contact tracing is ongoing. The...
Saskatchewan’s popular teaching treaties in the classroom training program has gone online. This training program is a relatively new one which splits teaching treaties to educators into two phases of in-depth instruction of four days each. After putting the program...
SaskPower customers residing on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve are paying a higher monthly basic charge, than those living in Air Ronge or La Ronge despite using the same connection and being neighbours. This SaskPower said has to do with how your community is...
Organizers of a popular Indigenous hockey tournament are planning on staging the event this summer. The Fred Sasakamoose “Chief Thunderstick” National Championship is scheduled for Aug. 13-15 in Saskatoon, SK at the Rod Hamm Memorial Arena. “There will be some...
The Crown was granted a retrial in the case against a former Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate found not guilty of participating in the riot. Scott Robert Nelson was one of 14 inmates charged after a 2016 riot at Prince Albert’s federal prison where one inmate died,...
As Fort Qu’Appelle’s Bert Fox high school recently opened its Indigenous cultural room, principal Julie Stiglitz was honest in tracing the educational history of the area. “Just down the road in Lebret, a residential school was torn down and it closed in the ‘90s....
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) sent letters to 32 municipalities across Canada asking for their support to strengthen Bill C-22 — a proposed Criminal Code amendment that could lower the high rate at which Indigenous people in Canada are jailed. CAP...
In a narrow 5-4 decision Monday night, Prince Albert council nixed plans to move forward with a residential care home for at risk youth in the city. The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan had applied for a rezoning permit to convert an apartment building on 1st...
The Northern Inter Tribal Authority (NITHA) reported 74 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Tuesday. The far northeast reported the most active cases with 57. The northeast region has the second highest number of cases with seven, followed by the far...
