RCMP have laid a homicide charge against a man in the death of an infant in Canora last November. 23-year-old Waylon Hilliard Severight of the Cote First Nation is charged with second degree murder in the death of 21-month-old Lorenzo Cote. Severight was arrested...
After being closed for almost two years, the former Quality Inn Hotel in downtown Prince Albert has re-opened under First Nations ownership. The facility has been purchased by the Timanaska Development Corporation and the Saskatchewan River Business Corporation, which...
Clem Chartier has announced he is seeking the presidency of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan in an upcoming election this spring. Chartier, originally from Buffalo Narrows, has been involved in Métis politics in one form or another for the past 40 years. He and a number...
Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is being recognized. In a media release sent out Monday The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) announced the LLRB chief had won the 2021 Indigenous Women in Leadership Award. The CCAB said chief...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have signed 2003-born forward Ryan Chambers to a letter of intent. The Drayton Valley, AB product had 24 points in 28 games with the Wetaskiwin Icemen Jr. B team during the 2019-20 season. “I like to play a hard, physical game, but then still...
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 80 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday. The far northeast reported the highest number of active cases with 61 followed by northeast region which reported seven. The far northwest reported two...
Police say one person is charged with drug offenses following a raid on a La Ronge home Saturday. RCMP executed a search warrant on an apartment on Studer Street, seizing methamphetamine and hydromorphone pills. Erica McKenzie has been charged with two counts of...
One of northern Saskatchewan’s most well-known politicians has announced he is leaving politics. Peter Beatty says he won’t be seeking another term as chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation when band members head to the polls next month. After close to 30 years in...
Two groups have announced their purchase of a closed Prince Albert hotel. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon Timanaska Development Corporation and The Saskatchewan River Business Development Corporation announced they had purchased the closed Quality Inn...
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) are gearing up to put on a virtual gathering. This coming Saturday the tribal councils will be broadcasting from the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre in Prince Albert. The virtual event...
