La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program, operated by the Kikinahk Friendship Centre, won’t be providing their overnight shelter or extended hours for the coming winter season. The Centre announced this in a letter addressed to tri-community leadership earlier...
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan appointed its provincial cabinet on Tuesday. The naming of the new cabinet follows the MN-S election on May 29. President Glen McCallum has appointed ministers to a total of 17 portfolios. Newly appointed ministers include McCallum and...
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The StarPhoenix Shoal Lake Cree Nation members are returning home after wildfires forced the community to evacuate. Chief Marcel Head says about half of the 300 band members who were forced to leave are coming home...
Buffalo Narrows RCMP say they seized more than 130 grams of crack cocaine and two firearms from a local residence Monday night. The items were seized after a search warrant was executed at a residence on Cubby Street. Thirty-nine-year-old Bernel McLeod and...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling on churches to release all school records to First Nations. “These survivors and their families have suffered enough. They had to fight to survive, they shouldn’t have to continuing fighting for a proper...
Onion Lake RCMP say a 43-year-old North Battleford man faces a number of charges after a firearm was confiscated at a weekend event. Police say a semi-automatic firearm and ammunition were found in a bag by security personnel at a checkpoint for an event on the Onion...
Wildfires are no longer threatening two Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) communities. Maurice Ratt, emergency response coordinator for LLRIB said overall the situation for both Grandmother’s Bay and Stanley Mission has improved. “There is no threat of wildfires for...
A La Ronge man is facing several charges in two separate incidents, dating back to May. RCMP accuse Sampson Roberts of discharging a firearm on Bells Point Road May 3. It’s alleged that Roberts was involved in a rollover accident on Highway #165 in early July, where...
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The StarPhoenix Content Warning: Details in this story may be upsetting to readers. A ground-penetrating radar search has begun to lift the secrecy clouding Delmas Indian Residential School. The families of the...
The wetter and cooler conditions are changing conditions in Saskatchewan. Steve Roberts, vice president of operations for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said with the long term forecast appearing more favorable they are able relax certain restrictions....
