Martha McGonigle (left) and Chloe Desjarlais, students at Rossignol High School in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, learn to fly a drone on June 18, 2022. PHOTO BY JULIA PETERSON/SASKATOON STARPHOENIX By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The...
A man wanted for a shooting in La Loche early Tuesday morning is considered armed and dangerous. RCMP said three people on a quad approached another man shooting an air gun. The victim was treated at hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Keenan Sylvestre, who...
Family, friends and the Red Earth Cree Nation are not giving up hope in their efforts to find missing Frank Young. The 5-year-old boy was last seen playing in his front yard on the First Nation April 19. Since then, an exhaustive search effort has taken place,...
(Photo of Terrance Daigneault. Courtesy of the RCMP) RCMP are turning to the public for help in locating two men wanted in a firearms incident in La Ronge on Sunday. Terrance Daigneault who also goes by Terrance Kenny is wanted for two counts of attempted...
The RCMP is providing more details on the situation this past Sunday where gunshots were fired at police resulting in an emergency alert for the La Ronge area. Multiple people have been arrested as a result of the incident and no injuries were reported. Mounties say...
Karen Bird is seeking a judicial review of an Elder’s Council decision to remove her as Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. In May, the First Nation advised the public that Bird was no longer Chief for “unprofessional conduct, behaviors and lateral violence.”...
A northern Saskatchewan Métis youth shared his story at this past weekend’s IndSpire awards. Tristen Durocher, from Buffalo Narrows, was a youth recipient of a 2022 award. Durocher was recognized for the Walking With Angels campaign used to raise awareness for...
The public alert issued for La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La Ronge is now cancelled. The alert was issued after RCMP said some of their officers were fired on. Police said originally they were looking for two suspects. In an update on the SaskAlert App police say...
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Prairie Pride is a series by Local Journalism Initiative reporter Julia Peterson that celebrates queer life in rural Saskatchewan. Elders, students and school staff drummed and sang an honour song as two flags...
Seth Deschambault was last seen in Prince Albert on May 29 and he was reported missing to authorities on June 6. Since then the RCMP has been following up on Deschambault’s disappearance. On Friday afternoon, Mounties revealed they now consider his disappearance...
