An Indigenous advocate for the homeless population is responding to recent comments on Indigenous people and homelessness from a Regina city councillor. At a recent council meeting, where homelessness was a topic of discussion, Ward 7 Councillor Terina Shaw stated an...
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With many hugs and a few tears, the Class of 2022 at Prince Albert’s Wesmor Public High School crossed the stage at the EA Rawlinson Centre. The 44 graduates received one final send-off during an in person...
Punnichy RCMP are investigating after a theft of traditional Indigenous regalia from a house on Kawacatoose First Nation. RCMP say the items were believed to have been stolen sometime in late May or early June. Officers and occupants of the home have been...
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lawyers for Indigenous children removed from their homes in off-reserve and placed with non-Indigenous families as part of the child-protection system blasted the government’s decision to fight a class-action...
The bison herd at Wanuskewin Heritage Park is growing. Park officials, announced on Thursday that six calves were born to the herd earlier this month, three boys and three girls. These new calves now bring the total number of bison at Wanuskewin to 24. Bison were...
A man wanted in connection to a shooting last weekend in La Ronge is now in custody. In a media release sent out Thursday morning RCMP said 29 year-old Terrance Daigneault, who also goes by Terrance Kenny, was arrested Wednesday evening in Saskatoon at a business on...
A 29-year-old man from La Ronge faces an attempted murder charge after he allegedly fired a gun at an RCMP officer. This past Sunday two bullets would strike an RCMP vehicle after an attempt at a traffic stop. This prompted the RCMP to issue an emergency safety alert...
For the first time in 90 years Flin Flon will have no active mining operation. On Wednesday, Hudbay announced they have officially concluded production at the 777 mine and will transition to closing operations down. The company says the mine and the local zinc plant...
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) has cut the ribbon at the Woodland Wellness Centre in La Ronge. LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson was joined by dignitaries from both the provincial and federal governments at the ribbon cutting event Tuesday. In her remarks the Lac...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Anishinabek Nation are jointly calling for an extension to the federal Day School Class action Settlement. Day schools were residential schools where Indigenous students attended the school during the day, but...
