The Prince Albert Grand Council hopes two new monuments on the city’s riverbank will draw greater attention to the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The two giant-sized bronze structures were unveiled Wednesday afternoon. Each one is in the...
Clean-up and recovery is ongoing after a barge and tugboat capsized and sank on Lac La Ronge in June. The boat and barge were on route to the La Ronge Dam with equipment—a skid steer and sheet piles—to be used for the dam maintenance project when it sank on June 16....
Approximately 500 students from nine northern Saskatchewan communities learned about science during a virtual program in May and June held by the University of Saskatchewan. The Science Ambassador Program usually has university students go to the communities to...
RCMP say they pulled a body from a northern Saskatchewan lake Tuesday afternoon. Mounties say they were called to Mirond Lake, near Pelican Narrows, around 2 p.m. Police say an autopsy is pending and they are unable to confirm the identity or sex of the individual at...
Saskatchewan’s Lt. Governor said the appointment of Mary Simon as Canada’s Governor General is the correct choice. “She has a tremendous background, both nationally and internationally. I think based on that, plus the fact that she is Inuk and has lived on the land...
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation is battling a COVID-19 outbreak. According to a news release, the Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation has been in lockdown since last week with a total of 109 cases linked to the outbreak. The First Nation is calling for additional...
The Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation has started a campaign to gather 200 to 500 donated life jackets for children aged two to 18 living in the remote community. Colleen Whitedeer, a councillor for the First Nation, is spearheading the initiative. She said most of...
Saskatchewan RCMP said an officer has shot and killed a man on the George Gordon First Nation. Mounties said officers responded to a man armed with a rifle and making threats on the First Nation Tuesday afternoon. However, during the incident officers shot the man,...
It’s the first of its kind in Canada, as a Saskatchewan First Nation gains control over child welfare. The Cowessess First Nation signed two agreements with the federal and provincial governments Tuesday, giving it authority regarding children-in-care. “Today we give...
RCMP are saying little after a 44-year-old woman died in police custody in Sandy Bay early Monday morning. Mounties say the woman had been taken into custody Sunday evening and was found unresponsive at the detachment around 11:20 p.m. She was pronounced deceased on...
