The Athabasca Health Authority is requiring all employees and contract-workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. AHA sent notice of their new vaccine mandate to employees on Aug. 18 and employees were encouraged to get the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday....
Miscommunication and a lack of protocol among first responders appeared to rule the day when Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone’s remains were found in a burnt out vehicle three years ago on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. The coroner’s inquest into the 20-year-old...
Prince Albert now has another First Nation owned business operating in the city. Tipi Fuel and Convenience Store hosted a grand opening at their location, on the corner of 15th Street East and 10th Avenue East, Monday. The business is owned and operated by Sturgeon...
Mounties say a Sunday morning house fire in Pelican Narrows is being investigated as suspicious. RCMP were called to the home on Highway #135 at approximately 2 A.M. to find it completely engulfed in flames. All the occupants were able to escape uninjured. The house...
A man is in stable condition after being treated for what are believed to be stab wounds resulting from an incident in Sucker River. La Ronge RCMP and EMS responded to a call Thursday evening and located a man with serious injuries who was immediately transported to...
New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh said if elected Prime Minister he would fight for justice for Indigenous children discovered at unmarked graves and burials at residential schools in Canada. Speaking Friday on the Cowessess First Nation, which in June discovered the...
By: Jessica R. Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal With the Treaty Commissioner Mary Culbertson and Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty in attendance, four residential school survivors told their heartfelt testimonials about the horrors they...
A La Ronge woman is among two people facing drug charges, following a traffic accident in Prince Albert. City police located more than 125 grams of cocaine, Wednesday afternoon in the area of 24th Street and 4th Avenue West in a two-vehicle collision. Witnesses...
A woman in Timmins Ontario is working to support residential school survivors. Vanessa Genier has started Quilts for Survivors, which has been working to make and acquire quilts to give to residential school survivors. Genier, who is from the Missanabie Cree First...
A La Ronge band recently released their first album and it now has 500 plays. Set to Flames, a band consisting of lyricist, vocalist and bass player Shelbey Savoie with Troy Patterson on guitar, drums and other instruments, began playing together in 2015. Their first...
