by Joel Willick | Jun 6, 2023
(CONTENT WARNING – the following story contains distressing details) William Whitebear died while in custody at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre on November 2, 2020 while serving a two-year jail term. A coroner’s inquest into his death is...
by bryanorthner | Jun 6, 2023
The Provincial Auditor is recommending the Ministry of Education enhance specific measures and targets for increasing educational outcomes for Indigenous students. Tara Clement’s report suggests that graduation rates between 2018 and 2021 have remained relatively...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
RCMP in La Ronge are investigating after two men were shot Sunday night. In a media release RCMP said they were called on June 4 to a house on Bird Place in Bell’s Point about a shooting. Police said two men were hurt, both were taken to hospital in a personal...
by Joel Willick | Jun 5, 2023
(CONTENT WARNING: the following story contains descriptions of suicide) William Whitebear died while in custody at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre on November 2, 2020 while serving a two-year jail term. A coroner’s inquest into his death is taking...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
The provincial government is highlighting funding being provided to support organizations working to implement the Calls for Justice on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). In a media release sent out Monday afternoon the province highlighted the...
by bryanorthner | Jun 5, 2023
Men of the North is getting $820,000 to help formerly incarcerated individuals with employment opportunities. Christopher Merasty, founder of Men of the North, said that the program first began in 2020. “I started this program in 2020, and we have been helping...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
By: Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Ottawa announced a two-year pilot program Thursday to support Indigenous communities and organizations working on forestry management and emergency preparedness. The funding,...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2023
Four Northerners, working security at a North Battleford, hotel housing evacuees due to wildfires, are credited with helping to save two elderly people from a burning home in that city Tuesday night. Dwayne Bourassa, Ethan Maurice, Roger Dawstare, and Nathan Morin of...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2023
Update: June 2, 4PM On May 30, 2023, Dency Herman was arrested without incident just south of Prince Albert, with the assistance of Prince Albert RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP’s Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team. —- RCMP is seeking help in finding a...
by bryanorthner | Jun 2, 2023
The Saskatchewan government is increasing funding for school divisions in the province by an additional $40 million. The new funding is intended to assist school divisions with enrollment growth. It will be split, with $20 million being provided to address school...
