By Bailey Sutherland, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local DJ and music producer is paying his respects to two late great Northern Saskatchewan musicians that helped pave the way for the Indigenous music scene in the province by organizing a tribute concert in...
A gathering held by the Touchwood Agency Tribal Council is offering an opportunity for healing for family members of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited people. The three-day gathering is running this week at the Dakota Dunes Conference...
A walk to honour First Nations people who have gone missing or been lost to violence is set to go in Prince Albert Wednesday. The 18 annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk will be departing from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls...
After an over week-long search RCMP say the body of Lois Chartrand has been found. Chartrand, was last seen picking mushrooms on August 5 along the Hanson Lake Road north of Smeaton. An extensive search would be undertaken with several different police agencies and...
RCMP said missing 21-year-old Jordan Ben of the Big Island Lake Cree Nation was killed in a traffic collision, south of Meadow Lake late Sunday evening. Police said an SUV, driven by Ben and a semi collided. Ben was declared deceased at the scene, while the driver of...
The federal government is investing $3.7 million in Saskatchewan tourism with over $900,000 of that investment earmarked for Indigenous tourism projects. On Monday morning, at an event at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, announced the...
After a two year hiatus the annual Woodland Cree Gathering is returning in a few weeks and organizers are expecting a big turnout. The gathering has historically been a yearly meeting of the Woodland Cree communities of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Peter Ballantyne...
A La Ronge woman, wanted on weapons charges from June has been arrested. RCMP says Celine Charles was arrested Thursday in Air Ronge. Mounties accuse Charles and three others in a June 19 incident in which a firearm was discharged towards an officer. Charles appeared...
A public inquest will take place next month into the death of a Sturgeon Lake First Nation man at a Saskatoon jail cell. 20-year-old Jayde Charles was found unresponsive at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre in December 2019. Authorities say lifesaving...
A 34-year-old man from Montreal Lake Cree Nation is facing over 20 separate charges after an incident on the First Nation earlier this week. RCMP said they were called to a home on the reserve on August 8 in regards to unwanted people being in a home. It was...
