Upper Deck releases Indigenous hockey player trading cards

Upper Deck releases Indigenous hockey player trading cards

A trading card manufacturer has released a new series of rookie cards honouring and featuring Indigenous hockey players. The Upper Deck Company is a privately held corporation best known for creating trading cards. In addition to holding exclusive licenses to make...
Trudeau should have visited the Star Blanket Cree Nation: FSIN

Trudeau should have visited the Star Blanket Cree Nation: FSIN

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said it was disappointing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not visit the Star Blanket Cree Nation, while in the province today, just days after the First Nation announced the discovery of 2000...
Northerners presented with Queen’s Jubilee award

Northerners presented with Queen’s Jubilee award

By Roman Hayter (Photo by Roman Hayter) Lieutenant Governor Russell Mirasty and Doyle Vermette, MLA for Cumberland presented the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal to recipients in La Ronge over the weekend. Mirasty gave the medals as part of the late...
Willow Cree Chiefs Top Standings in TRHL

Willow Cree Chiefs Top Standings in TRHL

The Willow Cree Chiefs seem to have come out flying this season following a move out of Warman and a rebranding from the now defunct Warman Wildcats Senior Hockey team and Coach Taylor Watts gives some of that credit to the community of Beardy’s & Okemasis First...
Accused enters guilty plea in death of La Ronge woman in 2019

Accused enters guilty plea in death of La Ronge woman in 2019

A 27-year-old Saskatchewan woman pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of young mother who was found dead on a highway near La Ronge in 2019. Telsa MacKenzie was sentenced to almost five years for her role in the death of Sheena Bilette. Mackenzie was originally...
RCMP investigate Pelican Narrows death

RCMP investigate Pelican Narrows death

RCMP are investigating a death in Pelican Narrows. Officers were called to a home in the 4000 block of Ballantyne Street early Wednesday morning. Mounties located injured Dalton Linklater. He was transported to hospital where he was declared deceased shortly after. An...
Human remains discovered at former Lebret Industrial School

Human remains discovered at former Lebret Industrial School

WARNING: Disturbing content   The Star Blanket Cree Nation said it has discovered human remains in its search for unmarked residential school graves at the Qu’Appelle Industrial School, commonly referred to as the Lebret Indian Industrial school. The discovery of...